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North American Tungsten produces 72,000 mtu in Q2
North American Tungsten Ltd says it has produced 72,000 metric tonne units (mtu) of tungsten in the second quarter (Q2) of 2012, bringing first half production to 149,000 mtu.
Wolf signs offtake deal for UK tungsten mine
Wolf Minerals Ltd has signed a non-binding heads of terms for tungsten offtake and a £20 million loan facility with Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG (WBH) of Austria and Global Tungsten & Powders Corp (GTP) of Pennsylvania, USA, for the Hemerdon tungsten mine in Devon, UK.
EMC restarts Springer Tungsten mine
EMC Metals Corp is terminating the sales agency agreement with Laurentian Bank Securities for its Springer tungsten mine and mineral processing complex in Nevada, USA, as the company looks to restart the mine.
Sandvik Mining sees major orders
At the end of March, Sandvik Mining signed three major materials handling contracts in Latin America and Australia totalling SEK1.6 billion.
Continued growth for H.C. Starck
H.C. Starck says that it achieved sustainable profitable growth in 2011.

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Simulating flow can help avoid mould mistakes
Trial and error sometimes produces answers for an experienced MIM operator faced with a problem in the mould. But modelling is increasingly being called into play to cut costs and save time before production starts. The author of this piece, Marco Thornagel from Sigma Engineering, explains how a mathematical model can fit in with the realities of production…
PowderMet 2010: North American PM market turning the corner – slowly but surely
There is tangible evidence that the pains of the global recession are subsiding and that an economic recovery – albeit a tepid one – is well under way. But not everyone is feeling the rebound to the same degree. Reginald Tucker, editor, Metal Finishing magazine, recaps the highlights from PowderMet 2010 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where equipment manufacturers, parts makers, and powder suppliers alike convened to network, learn, and, of course, buy and sell.
Putting the best light possible on PM's year
Plenty of rhetoric was in the mix in the review of PM in North America, Europe and Asia/Pacific that was delivered in June at the Washington World Congress. Rob Stringer reports on three very different outlooks on the industry…
War on waste in hardmetal weapons production
Most manufacturing processes generate scrap, and even though powder metallurgy is notable for its low scrap production, these days scrap is a valuable commodity. A Tennessee companylooked for economic ways to recycle hardmetal scrap and found a machine that filled the bill, says Bob Seeley…

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EPMA’s smashing success in Barcelona
Euro PM2011, considered the pinnacle of the annual powder metallurgy calendar, set attendance records as well as the stage for industry growth. Joe Capus reports…
Attritors and Ferrite Grinding Applications
In today's electronic world, the demand for high quality ferrite products is rising rapidly. There are several types of ferrites and the preparation of all these are similar; the principal difference is in the raw material used.

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