An overview and history
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MMTA members Indium Corporation and RJH Trading played a key role at the GKZ-MMTA Forum, Europe – From Mine to Market, held in Dresden, Germany 28/29 September 2017. The Conference…
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Dear Members Autumn is/appears to be here at last. Whilst last week we had a number of quite hot days, this week (bar a couple of days too) was gorgeous.…
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Rob Holden, NHS Elective, July 2017 Having grown up in the post-industrial landscape of Northern England, the idea of mines for me had always conjured up images of tough men…
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A monolayer version of the element tellurium, tellurene, is the latest member of the 2D materials family, which includes graphene, but also more obscure compounds such as antimonene. Tellurene is…
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The Crucible: October 2017
NASA tests first 3-D printed rocket engine part made with two different alloys
Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, tested NASA’s first 3-D printed rocket engine prototype part made of two different metal alloys through an innovative advanced manufacturing…
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A heavy metal oxide has been spotted for the first time in transmission spectra from a gaseous ‘hot Jupiter’ planet outside our solar system. The planet, WASP-19b, is as big…