Back in 2010, the European Union's Ad-Hoc Working Group on Defining Critical Raw Materials published its first criticality analysis for raw materials. Its goal was fairly simple: to define the raw materials critical to the EU’s ...
Tags: Tantalum, Raw Materials
US service centers shipped 136,300 mt of aluminum products in May, up 3% compared with the same month in 2013, the Metals Service Center Institute said Tuesday. Shipments in the first five months of 2014 stood at 669,900 mt, up 8.6% from ...
In May this year, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 8.8 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on June 13, with this growth rate 0.1 percentage points higher than that ...
Tags: Industrial Output, steel output
An international team of researchers has been exploring nanomembranes of beta-phase gallium oxide (β-Ga2O3) as a channel material for high-voltage field-effect transistors (FETs) [Wan Sik Hwang et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol104, ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Transistor
According to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in April this year Turkey's season and calendar adjusted monthly industrial production increased by one percent compared to March, while the calendar adjusted index ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Mineral
The Brazil Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) told local media on Monday that the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil’s largest steel producer, has been declining its industrial production. “What we’ve seen, ...
Tags: Metals, Automotive Industry
France's manufacturing output in April this year increased by 0.3 percent month on month, after a 0.4 percent drop in March, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). ...
Alcoa Wheel & Transportation Products says the Ultra One is the world's lightest heavy-duty truck wheel that will help trucks shed pounds for increased payload and fuel efficiency. The 40-pound wheel is 47% lighter than steel wheels of ...
Tags: Truck Wheel, Wheel, Auto Parts
The buying surge in rhodium that began two weeks ago during Platinum Week in London ended this week, with would-be buyers heading to the sidelines amid surging prices. The Platts New York Dealer rhodium price tumbled to $1,070-1,130/oz ...
Tags: rhodium, scrap recyclers
Researchers at the INM have produced antimicrobial abrasion-resistant coatings with a long-term effect that kill germs reliably and at the same time prevent germs becoming established. Hygienic conditions and sterile procedures are ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The expo of customized technology for the aluminium and innovative metals industry, METEF, reaches its tenth edition, organized by Veronafiere, and will be held from 11 to 13 June 2014 in Verona. METEF will multiply exhibitor's ...
Tags: Footprints
A new report by Allied Market Research ("Industrial Robotics Market – Products, Functions, Applications and Geography – Global Analysis, Industry Growth, Trends, Size, Share, Opportunities and Forecast – 2013 – ...
Tags: Industrial Robotics, Electrical, Electronics, Industrial Equipment
Today , an alternative for smokers there and became very popular. It is the electronic cigarette . The progress of the electronic cigarette has been remarkable over the past three years according to observers, but despite its growing ...
Spot treatment charges for imported zinc concentrates paid to Chinese smelters are in the range of $140-155/mt in June, up around 5% from $135-145/mt in May, Chinese zinc industry sources said Tuesday. The increase for the second month ...
Tags: Zinc Smelter, Zinc Industry
You’veVolumetric Efficiency surely heard that inside your iPhone, TV, and power drill sit fragments of valuable metals, and that our hunger for new gadgets is depleting the world of its very limited supply. But you’veVolumetric ...
Tags: Rare Metals, Precious Metals