The Crucible: May 2016

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.

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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:…