March 2017

2017年3月16日，欧洲议会以558票对17票通过了一项欧盟条例草案。该草案旨在履行国际义务，防止侵犯人权和通过锡、钽、钨、金的贸易向武装集团提供资金来源。

通常的粘合剂在连接两个物体后，若使粘合的两个物体强行分开，可能出现材料的损坏或出现残渣。金属镓熔点温度与室温相近，具有可逆性，可以使得物体分开后竟和粘合前一样！

2016年，电动汽车需求增长36％。随着技术的提升，锂离子电池的性能也使得电动汽车逐渐步入主流。随着特斯拉“超级工厂”对现有的锂资源的消耗，满足原材料的需求已成为当前主要的挑战。智利，加拿大和澳大利亚一直是锂的主要供应国。今天，我们发现英国也将有机会成为锂的供应国之一。

铌产业发展到目前只有几十年。在过去十年左右，这个产业发生了巨大变化，而在未来，铌产业可能将面临更多的转变。

The MMTA interviews Jeremy Wrathall of Cornish Lithium

PGS is a London Metal Exchange (LME) certified operator and provides a complete range of logistics services to the base metal Industry (Producers, Traders, Brokers, Banks). To ensure high quality standards,…

The human body often rejects foreign objects introduced. This mechanism is designed to protect the body from damage, but is very problematic for medical devices implanted to help a patient.…

An update on upcoming legislation, courtesy of CRM Alliance.

2017 had scarcely begun before London residents were informed that air pollution limits for the entire year had been breached in several areas. Just 5 days in to the New…

Gallium has been found to have rather interesting new use. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have created a reversible adhesive from the metal that displays glue-like properties. Potential applications…

Siemens 3D print turbine blades for the first time.

The latest update from Tom Butcher.

Within the space of a few short years, the face of the global niobium industry, particularly ferroniobium, has changed almost out of recognition. As recently as 2011, the Brazilian niobium…

Littering and fly tipping are the bane of many a community. But already, the human race has managed to pollute space with numerous pieces of junk. Currently, an estimated 100…

*See this month’s article “Gallium as a simple, reversible adhesive”

在新总统就职典礼的前夕，50名MMTA会员和朋友相聚在MMTA的纽约年度晚宴上。我们看到，无论是在对新年头几周的业务，还是对新政方面的期待，大家总体还是持乐观情绪。

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