The sword is a weapon full of imagery – of great armies and knights – but it also parallels the metallurgical developments that made its use possible. Its invention, the…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: May 2016FAME Project – Sustainable exploitation of Critical Raw Materials in the EU
FAME is a transnational research and innovation project to identify economically viable, technology to exploit European ore deposits that are often relatively small in tonnage terms. Technologies will be optimised… -
Dear Members So, finally, Cruz has thrown in the towel. Kasich too. Donald Trump is now the sole candidate in the race for the Republican nomination. Or is it even… -
As the proud owner of my very own personalised Liquidmetal USB stick, made back in 2008, I was thrilled to hear this extraordinary material mentioned at the MMTA’s recent conference.… -
The world’s population is growing quickly; people are moving to urban centres, and raw material demand is expected to increase three-fold by 2050. Government and business need to face these… -
The Wider Picture James Peer, MMTA Chairman, opened the MMTA’s recent International Minor Metals Conference in Amsterdam by thanking the event’s sponsors: Platinum Sponsor, C Steinweg Group, and Silver Sponsors:… -
CrucibleThe Crucible: May 2016Potential aerospace applications for new niobium-base master alloy in magnesium-aluminium and aluminium-silicon alloys.
Scientists at Brunel University, London have discovered that a patented niobium-base master alloy improves grain refinement in aluminium-containing magnesium alloys. That isn’t all — it also offers ‘significant advantages’ over titanium in aluminium-silicon alloys.
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Anthony Lipmann in conversation with Derek Raphael of Derek Raphael & Co. For this inaugural ‘Tea with the MMTA’ interview, I am in a state of some anxiety in case…