In a recent interview by Reuters, I said I did not see other non-ferrous metals facing significant closures by Western producers as we have in aluminum. (Reuters was exploring the idea that smelters closures by Alcoa in particular, but also Rio Tinto and Norsk Hydro, were likely to be just the start of a much [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
by Taras Berezowsky on April 26, 2011
Style: Industry News
Category: Ferro Alloys, Ferrous Metals, Metal Fabricated Parts, Non-ferrous Metals, Product Developments
Keywords: Aluminum, Ferro Alloys, Ferrous Metals, Non-ferrous Metals, Stainless Steel, Steel
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 [...]
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 [...]
(Read Part One here.) Before we left off with some pretty heavy questions in Part One, we mentioned that additive manufacturing — aka 3D printing — seems to be more widely used in Europe than in the US. If there was one American with his finger on the pulse of metal printing more than anyone [...]
