Chemical reactor specialist HEL has developed a new subsieve autosizer for powder size characterisation using air-permeability, replacing the Fisher Subsieve Sizer (FSSS), which is used for metal powder coatings and pharmaceuticals.
26 August, 2010
Polymer-Chemie GmbH has established its metal powder compound division, founded in 2005, as an independent legal entity as of August 2010.
26 August, 2010
Vale Inco’s Goro project, located in New Caledonia in the South Pacific, has produced its first nickel metal product.
26 August, 2010
The EPMA European Hard Materials Sectoral Group (EHMG) will hold open meeting on the 12th October 2010 in Florence, Italy, during the PM World Congress and Exhibition 2010.
26 August, 2010
A paper co-written by GKN staff has won the 2010 MPIF Howard I. Sanderow outstanding technical paper award.
19 August, 2010
North American Tungsten Corporation Ltd, based in Vancouver, Canada, plans to re-start production at its Cantung tungsten mine in the Northwest Territories.
19 August, 2010
Arkansas Nuclear One, owned by integrated energy company Entergy Corporation has won a Meritorious Performance in Operations Award 2010 at the American Nuclear Society (ANS) Utility Working Conference for developing a new type of radiological shielding for nuclear reactors.
19 August, 2010
Alloy specialist Carpenter Technology Corporation has agreed a deal with SB Specialty Metals LLC, which makes high alloy particle metallurgy materials, to extend the market for sport and military knife blade materials in the US and Canada.
12 August, 2010
Scientists from Hong Kong Polytechnic University have discovered that a layer of silver nanoparticles placed between two layers of the organic semiconductor pentacene can improve the performance of the semiconductor.
12 August, 2010
Scientists at Cornell University's Energy Materials Center have researched a catalyst coated with platinum nanoparticles that could make PEM (proton exchange membrane) fuel cells more stable, inexpensive and resistant to carbon monoxide poisoning.
12 August, 2010
Copper and bronze specialist SCM Metal Products, Inc, based in North Carolina, USA, plans to expand its copper powder plant production capacity in Suzhou, China, to support the growing market in Asia.
12 August, 2010
The organisers of the International Conference on Tungsten, Refractory & Hardmaterials have issued a call for papers for its technical programme.
05 August, 2010
According to the MPIF, Royal Metal Powders Inc, based in Maryville, Tennessee, USA, a division of American Chemet Corporation (ACC), has started production of its water-atomized copper powders.
05 August, 2010
Global Tungsten & Powders Corp, a division of Plansee, plans to invest more than US$10 million in its plant in Towanda, Pennsylvania, USA by the end of 2011.
05 August, 2010
Lions Gate Metals Inc, a Canadian company owning copper and molybdenum mines located in British Columbia, has entered into a consulting agreement with Ken Faulkner to supply strategic and business development services.
05 August, 2010