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Scientists Solve 20 Year Puzzle Creating Gold Nitride

Scientists at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne have solved a 20 year puzzle, successfully creating gold nitride. This discovery could save the electronics industry millions of dollars every year. Electronic devic...

23 Oct 2003

Starfire Systems Begin Work on Ceramic Brakes

Starfire Systems have begun work on a two year project to develop ceramic brake materials for sports utility vehicles and light trucks. The project received $150,000 of funding from the New York State Energy Research and...

23 Oct 2003

Georgetown Steel Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Georgetown Steel followed the well-trodden path of many other American steel producers, filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy today. Reasons for Georgetown Steel’s demise included the increased cost of natural gas an...

22 Oct 2003

Nova Chemicals to Shut Canadian LLDPE Plant

Nova Chemicals have announced that they will shut down their 275 million pounds per year liner low density polyethylene plant in Ontario, Canada. The shutdown is expected to become effective during the second quarter of ...

22 Oct 2003

Alcan to Build SPL Treatment Plant

Alcan have developed a value-creating and sustainable solution for the treatment of spent pot linings, the material removed form the bottom electrolytic cells used to produce aluminium. Disposal of these materials has be...

21 Oct 2003

Merck and Toyo Launch Hiding Effect Pigments

Following a joint development programme between Merck KGaA and Toyo Aluminium, they will launch a new range of innovative hiding effect pigments. The first product that will be made available to the US, Europe and Jap...

21 Oct 2003

Goodyear to Close Canadian Conveyor Operation

Goodyear will discontinue most of the operations at the Bowmanville plant in Canada by April 2004. Fabric conveyor belt manufacturing will cease, while steel cable conveyor belt equipment will be relocated to another ...

20 Oct 2003

Kuraray to Increase Thermoplastic Elastomer Capacity

Japan’s Kuraray Co are to increase their production capacity of thermoplastic elastomers, in particular hydrogenated styrene elastomers from their Kashima plant. The capacity increase will see production rise 4,...

20 Oct 2003

Sandia Develop Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratory have developed a lightweight ceramic composite material that can withstand ultrahigh temperatures of up to 2000°C. The ultrahigh temperature ceramics are composed of zirco...

17 Oct 2003

New European Reference Materials Initiative

LGC´s Chief Executive, Dr Richard Worswick, joined leaders from Europe´s major Certified Reference Materials (CRM) producers last week to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the new European Reference Materials (ERM) ...

17 Oct 2003

London Metals Exchange Targets Plastics

The London Metals Exchange has announced that it is working with the plastics industry to establishing a futures contract for the industry. Primarily they have been looking at polyolefins, but have also expressed an i...

16 Oct 2003

Noranda Restructures Horne Smelter

In a bid to restore the profitability and long term viability of their Horne Smelter, Noranda have announced a restructuring plan. The plan involves drastically reducing the smelters output between now and June 2...

16 Oct 2003

Bankrupt Laclede Steel Re-Open Doors

Bankrupt Laclede Steel, located in Alton, Illinois, USA has re-opened its doors with a new business plan under the new name of Alton Steel. Laclede Steel declared bankruptcy 2 years ago, partly due to competition from...

15 Oct 2003

SAPA Own 100% Of Remi Claeys Aluminium

Sapa AB now own substantially all of Remi Claeys Aluminium. The take over of Remi Claeys began earlier this year when they agreed to acquire the shares held by Aluclaeys Finance NV, the major shareholder. Within the c...

15 Oct 2003

Phase II Mozal Aluminium Smelter Opened

The second phase of the Mozal aluminium smelter in Mozambique was opened on October 8th. The Mozal project is owned by BHP Billiton (47%), Mitsubishi Corp (25%), the Industrial Development Corp of South Africa (24%) and ...

13 Oct 2003

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Scientists Solve 20 Year Puzzle Creating Gold Nitride

Starfire Systems Begin Work on Ceramic Brakes

Georgetown Steel Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Nova Chemicals to Shut Canadian LLDPE Plant

Alcan to Build SPL Treatment Plant

Merck and Toyo Launch Hiding Effect Pigments

Goodyear to Close Canadian Conveyor Operation

Kuraray to Increase Thermoplastic Elastomer Capacity

Sandia Develop Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics

New European Reference Materials Initiative

London Metals Exchange Targets Plastics

Noranda Restructures Horne Smelter

Bankrupt Laclede Steel Re-Open Doors

SAPA Own 100% Of Remi Claeys Aluminium

Phase II Mozal Aluminium Smelter Opened

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