A U.S company has introduced its first 3D-printed titanium hip implant, the new Redapt revision acetabular fully porous cup with Conceloc technology. To support bone growth, the 3D manufacturing process…
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A rather neglected element on the Association’s Periodic Table, calcium is in fact classed as a minor metal. Say ‘calcium’ and a metallic substance does not immediately spring to mind,… -
The Critical Raw Materials Alliance recently held its bi-annual meeting in Brussels. The Alliance met with the consultants TNO, who are tasked with completing the new CRM list for 2017.… -
Continuing with the mobile phone theme, and after the previous pages’ infographics on the raw materials found in mobile devices, it is pertinent to talk about the variety and complexity… -
Dear Members From feet of snow this time in January, I believe that today, Friday, we are going to have temperatures in the low 70s Fahrenheit. We may also have… -
Researchers at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new drug delivery technique using biodegradable liquid metal nanodroplets to target…
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The MMTA is pleased to welcome Australian Zirconia as a new member. Australian Zirconia Limited (AZL) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Australian multi commodity mining company, Alkane Resources…
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The MMTA is pleased to welcome Holman Fenwick Willan as a new Member. Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) is an international law firm with 450 lawyers across the world. We have…
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This year’s conference has a line-up of exceptional speakers; below Professor Sybrand van der Zwaag from the Novel Aerospace Materials Group (www.novam.lr.tudelft.nl), at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft,… -
As discussions on the effectiveness of Dodd-Frank continue, the EU’s Conflict Minerals Regulation rumble on, and with the recent introduction of the Modern Slavery Act in the UK (see the… -
According to Mike Dash, author of Tulipomania, The Story of the World’s Most Coveted Flower, “ In around 1624, the Amsterdam man who owned the only dozen specimens [of a… -
Visual Capitalist produces some fanstastic infographics, and they kindly gave the Crucible permission to reproduce them. The image below shows ‘What’s inside an iPhone 6’ and as you can see… -
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) wants to work with its Canadian counterparts to promote a “North American model” of regulation to other countries considering enhancing their chemicals management systems. Speaking…