Ferro Alloys

Exxon Mobil’s Energy Outlook Touts Oil, But Biomass and Nuclear Are Also Key – Part Two

by Stuart Burns on December 15, 2011

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Continued from Part One. Source: Exxon Mobil As the graph above shows, the firm predicts oil will continue to be the largest energy source, suggesting they do not expect electric cars to replace the internal combustion engine by 2040. Nor, to the disappointment of The Greens, do they appear to think wind and solar will [...]

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Time and Metal Unite in Designer Tom Davie’s Posters

by Nate on December 2, 2011

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Metal objects are interesting as individual pieces, but put together they cohere into a complete composition. Cincinnati-based artist, graphic designer and design educator Tom Davie took these metal parts and arranged them into a poster. Notably, without time, this poster would not have been possible. In fact, it’s “three generations in the making, as Davie [...]

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What Moly Oxide and Ferrochrome Prices Tell Us About the Current Stainless Steel Outlook

by Taras Berezowsky on November 17, 2011

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If Italy’s role in the European debt crisis is to have any tangible effect on the metals markets, it has already appeared on the European stainless steel front. SMR, the Austria-based steel analysis firm, is forecasting that stainless steel demand could fall by as much as 10 percent in Italy in 2012, according to Reuters. [...]

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Nickel To Remain Flat, While Oil and Gas Markets Will Drive Stainless Steel Demand

by Taras Berezowsky on September 21, 2011

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While we were discussing our coverage of nickel and stainless steel in a highly formal editorial meeting (read: intra-office banter), we happened upon the conference bill for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI)’s 2011 Commodities Roundtable Forum right here in Chicago. Turns out, ISRI was hosting a forum on the state of nickel and [...]

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Indian Mining Companies Look to Add Metal Production Units

by Lisa Reisman on August 2, 2011

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TC Malhotra contributes to MetalMiner from New Delhi. In an attempt to secure mining leases, Indian mining companies such as NMDC, MOIL and Sesa Goa plan to foray into metal and alloy production. According to a Business Line report, mineral-rich states like Karnataka and Chhattisgarh are looking at value addition as a pre-condition for granting [...]

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Ferrochrome – Up or Down?

by Stuart Burns on August 1, 2011

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We often look to nickel to judge the direction of the stainless market. Likewise, when looking at nickel, almost always refer to the stainless market to discern direction. The two are inextricably linked within our view of the high end of the steel market, but in practice, more stainless is produced with purely chrome alloying [...]

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ClimbTech’s Stainless Steel Anchors: From Mountaineering to Mining

by Taras Berezowsky on April 26, 2011

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Imagine hanging hundreds of feet above the ground on a rock face with nothing but small, fabricated metals parts to keep you from falling to your death. This is what Joseph Schwartz and Karl Guthrie lived for “ and how they made their company ClimbTech into what it is today. Schwartz and Guthrie, both passionate [...]

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Ukraine’s Uranium Production and Nuclear Safety Back in the Spotlight

by Taras Berezowsky on April 25, 2011

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Source: Voice of America The world observes the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster (April 26th, 1986) tomorrow, the worst nuclear accident in history. The Fukushima debacle in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami last month has thrust Chernobyl back into the spotlight, for better or worse, as a comparative example for scientists, politicians and [...]

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