BPC Holding Corporation (parent of Berry Plastics Corporation) and the private equity firms Apollo Management, L.P. and Graham Partners (a private equity firm sponsored by the Graham family and together with Apollo, the ...
Rust never sleeps, in the words of songwriter Neil Young. But, if materials scientists cannot put corrosion into a deep slumber perhaps there is a way to produce smart materials that can heal themselves and so stop the s...
The Periodic Table of elements is the basis of chemistry. Yet, it is known that the behaviour of the elements - and their chemical properties - change significantly under pressure. Normally inert platinum and xenon becom...
Alcan Inc. announced today that its ISAL aluminum smelter is working to restore production in one of its three pot lines following a power interruption from a transformer failure. Initial estimates predict that it will t...
Gold has always been perceived as a precious material: you win a gold medal when you prove to be the best in a competition; you only get a Gold credit card when you are a preferential customer, and the jewelry made of th...
Ausmelt Ltd has won an additional contract with Japan’s Dowa Mining Co. Ltd for supply of specialized equipment for the secondary metals project which was announced in July 2005.
This latest contract substantial...
Exposed metal surfaces are highly vulnerable to corrosion, but paint or other protective coatings can interfere with some uses, as well as add significant costs. Now, a comprehensive series of experiments suggests a new ...
Alcan has announced that it has created a new Slovenian company, called Alcan Koper d.o.o., to market aluminum and magnesium die-cast products for the European automotive industry, manufactured at Alcan Tomos d.o.o. Alca...
Novelis has unveiled Novelis Fusion technology, a new process that simultaneously casts multiple alloy layers into a single aluminum rolling ingot. This marks the first time that any company has achieved the commercial p...
More than 20% of the value of aluminium is currently in the control of the hedge funds, according to Jim Southwood, founder and President of Commodity Metals Management Company of the USA. "Unfortunately, we are at ...
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