December 2008

The Presidential Inaugural Committee Requests the Honor of Your Presence¦ by Way of Copper and Steel

by Lisa Reisman on December 31, 2008

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Reported in the New York Times, New York-based printing firm Precise Continental was awarded to make the million invitations for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. Engraving was the type of printing by which the invitation’s design was incised into the surface of a hard plate, traditionally copper, by a hardened steel chisel called a [...]

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“Metals Mistakes” and Obama’s New Science Advisor

by Lisa Reisman on December 31, 2008

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Barack Obama’s new science advisor should take a break from gambling — because past bets already proved that he’s “spectacularly wrong” about issues in his field, according to New York Times blogger John Tierney. A recent post on TierneyLab Blog blasts John P. Holdren, the freshly-announced science advisor, expressing concern over his infamous bet against [...]

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714 Metal Orbs + Vision = Moving Experience of Art

by Lisa Reisman on December 30, 2008

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[display_podcast] Media design and development firm ART+COM created a high-tech installation for the BMW Museum which opened in June 2008 in Munich, Germany. Involving mechatronics, the precisely moving sculpture is a “metaphorical representation” of the the automotive design process from concept to final form. From the artwork’s details: “714 metal spheres, individually controllable with millimetre [...]

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China’s Latest Affect on the Aluminum Market

by Lisa Reisman on December 30, 2008

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China might hold a large slice of the world’s aluminum pie, serving as the metal’s largest producer and consumer on the international market, but China’s control is starting to hurt the market. Recent troubles in the worldwide economy have plagued aluminum more than any other metal, and a recent aluminum stimulus package” in China won’t help [...]

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Metal Price Predictions: Year in Review

by Lisa Reisman on December 29, 2008

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As 2008 comes to a close, and we begin the arduous process of predicting price levels for a range of industrial metals for 2009, we thought it would be a good time to see how we did for 2008. Did MetalMiner call the price of steel, copper and zinc correctly? Check out our 2008 price [...]

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Our Mine, Our Town

by Lisa Reisman on December 29, 2008

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“I would have to say most of us say it sucksjust plain and simple, it sucks. It’s something that we were looking forward to. It was going to bring in additional income, people in town were getting excited, and then it gets pulled out from under us.” This was the firm conclusion of Rochelle Basher, [...]

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Trashing Wrapping Paper, Avoiding Metals Fires

by Lisa Reisman on December 29, 2008

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Photo Credit: iStockPhotos/NPR As the holidays wind down, it’s time for holiday gifts to finally make an escape. Flung aside, holiday wrapping paper is eventually recycled, thrown to the dump, or used in warm, winter fire. But NPR warns that burning wrapping paper in the fireplace isn’t particularly simple — or safe. Most people love [...]

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Survival of the Fittest, in a Stretched and Twisted Sort of Way

by Lisa Reisman on December 26, 2008

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The paper clip is a role model of simplicity: a seamless construction of a single length of metal wire bent into a continuous shape. There is debate about who invented the paperclip and exactly when it came into being. Nonetheless, since the mid-to-late 1800s, the paper clip remains the common means to attach materials together. [...]

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