Colin Williams, who died on 30th June 2015, was an influential figure in the field of lesser known metals and minerals in London, an individual subscriber to the LME at…
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On 4 August 2015, the EU and Vietnam reached an agreement in principle for a free trade deal. Negotiations for an ambitious and comprehensive FTA [Free Trade Agreement] were launched…
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This past year, horse racing regulators worldwide, most recently in Australia, have turned their attention to an unexpected substance: cobalt. Every horse needs this important element to survive, but some… -
Sustainability, a strategy employed to address risk and simultaneously create opportunity from that risk, is not a new concept. At a business level, it ensures that an entity can function… -
On 15 July, Maurits Bruggink, as Secretary General of the Critical Raw Materials Alliance, was given the opportunity to make a substantial presentation to the TTIP Stakeholder meeting. The meeting…
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I admit that I sometimes choose topics for Crucible articles based on their ‘wow’ factor, but one topic that has cropped up repeatedly since I originally covered it is deep-sea… -
There is an international effort being currently undertaken to redefine the kilogram. This measure is currently based on a solid cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy locked in a vault at the… -
The Crucible: September 2015Yale University: Criticality Consortium – Spring Meeting 2015: Conclusion
I should like to conclude my review of the spring meeting of the Yale Criticality Consortium (the Consortium), organized by the Center for Industrial Ecology at the university’s School of… -
A new material with a higher melting point than any other known substance has potentially been discovered by scientists. The alloy, which is a combination of hafnium, carbon and nitrogen,… -
Aviation design and material selection had been relatively stagnant since the 1930s. With the advent of the Boeing 247 in 1933 – followed shortly after by the Douglas DC-3 –…