aerospace

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 –…

Join Project Blue and the Minor Metals Trade Association for a free LME Week networking and information event in the heart of London. Hear from an expert panel of speakers…

The MMTA’s Critical Materials Forum 2024 in association with critical materials consultancy Project Blue will be held at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London on Tuesday 1…

Maria Cox discusses her recent visit to China, where she met members old and new.

Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) are increasingly being referred to in political policy. The MMTA and the IMA (International Magnesium Association) organised a seminar in September kindly hosted by the German…

By Tamara Alliot In recent years, Mexico has steadily been climbing the ranks to become a global player in the Aerospace and Defence (A&D) industry.  Mexico has some unique attributes…

Hafnium prices have surged since September as firm demand from the aerospace, industrial gas turbine (IGT) and semiconductor industries rapidly outpaces supply, and buyers attempt to navigate this notoriously illiquid…

Heneken Group, has had a busy year in 2023, and since becoming a member of the MMTA. The Slovakian company has grown from its roots as a trader and master…

Hypersonic travel that could propel people from London to Sydney in just two hours is one step closer to reality, following a successful test. The project, which saw US and Australian military scientists combine resources, is on track to launch in 2018….

US rig count numbers have now risen each month since August 2020, demonstrating strong US drilling activity, and robust demand for associated oilfield materials. Aerospace Boeing reported substantially stronger year-on-year…

In just a few days, the MMTA is delighted to be welcoming members and delegates in person to the historic UK city of Sheffield for the International Minor Metals Conference…

In our monthly column for the MMTA, we will be shining the spotlight on a different minor metal each edition, looking at current market conditions and themes for the year…

Welcome to the November Crucible Dear MMTA members, Welcome to your November 2023 edition of the Minor Metal Trade Association’s magazine, the Crucible. Following on from the October webinar, Mastering…

Join the Minor Metals Trade Association and critical materials consultancy Project Blue for a summer networking event in New York City. Featuring networking drinks and a forum with expert speakers…

Special Metals is the world’s leading innovator and manufacturer of nickel-based superalloys. With over 100 years of history and experience in the nickel industry, we have the processes and knowhow…

MMTA member Molymet, a major molybdenum processor and the world’s largest producer of rhenium, with headquarters in San Bernardo, Chile has launched production of highly spheroidised powders of rhenium, molybdenum…

DRC court puts administrator in charge of Tenke Fungurume mine At the end of February, the Tribunal of Commerce in the south-eastern city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, announced…

Kymera buys AmeriTi Manufacturing In early April, speciality materials company Kymera announced it had closed its transaction to acquire AmeriTi Manufacturing. Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, AmeriTi is a leading manufacturer…

Hydrovolt JV begins battery recycling in Norway Hydrovolt, the battery recycling joint-venture between battery maker Northvolt and aluminium group Hydro, has commenced commercial recycling operations in Fredrikstad, southern Norway. Hydrovolt…

Aerospace After a two-year pause, Boeing resumed deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner after recertification. This helped take Boeing total aircraft deliveries to 35 in August from 26 in July and…

Aerospace Supply chain deliveries have plague both US aircraft manufacturer Boeing and its European rival Airbus this year, and deliveries continue to be running late as the end of year…

Aerospace Airbus overtook Boeing on aircraft deliveries in 2022 by 38%, despite falling short of its 700 planes target , which it gave up as unrealistic before the year end.…

Aerospace US aircraft manufacturer Boeing delivered 64 commercial jets to its customers in March, making it the second best month in the past two years after the end-of-year push in…

Geopolitical issues in Eastern Europe combined with rising inflationary pressures will negatively impact some market (IATA) Aerospace The major commercial airframe producers, Boeing and Airbus, reported mixed results for their…

Aerospace As in April, aircraft deliveries by Boeing in May were more than double those of the same month last year, at 35 planes compared with 17. Deliveries up to…

Aerospace This year it was the turn of Farnborough in the UK to host the International Airshow, and Boeing was the clear winner on order numbers. During the show, Boeing…

Aerospace Airbus pushed ahead of Boeing on in Q3, delivering 140 passenger aircraft including 46 in July, 39 in August and 53 in September. This compared with 112 deliveries from…

Aerospace A more than £2bn increase in turnover at Rolls-Royce, yielding higher operating profits in 2022, boosted its shares even as the new ceo. Ex-BP Tufan Erginbilgic, sounded a warning…

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.

Scandium has long been considered an “if” metal. If only it were available in quantity, it could transform aircraft production and fuel consumption. If only it were available in quantity,…

This year’s conference has a line-up of exceptional speakers; below Professor Sybrand van der Zwaag from the Novel Aerospace Materials Group  (www.novam.lr.tudelft.nl), at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft,…

Technology metals, which include today’s strategic metals, incorporate minor metals and rare earth elements (REEs), and are present in almost every advanced electronic device and system. Without their contributions, major…

The European Space Forum will return to Brussels in 2023, and will once again bring together key stakeholders and thought leaders for 2 full days of face-to-face debate. Focussing on…

  Dear Members, Before moving on, in my next piece, to such topics as space mining and ion propulsion drives, I thought it would be fun to take a brief…