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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Boron Carbide B4C is one of the hardest materials known, ranking third behind diamond and cubic boron nitride. It is the hardest material produced in tonnage quantities. Originally discovered in mid 19th century as a by-product in the production of metal borides, boron carbide was only studied in detail since ...
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
The beginning of this story has been told many times. In 1985, a confluence of events led to an unexpected and unplanned experiment with a new kind of microscope resulting in the discovery of a new molecule made purely of carbon – the very element chemists felt there was nothing ...
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
China found 65 new mineral deposit sites last year, and has seen "breakthroughs" in copper ore prospecting, along with findings in bauxite, iron, lead and zinc ores, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Government surveys added 850,000 metric tons of copper ore reserves in the Qulong area of the Tibet Autonomous ...
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
POSCO, the world's third-largest steelmaker, said Friday it was considering a proposal from the Vietnamese government to construct a steel mill in the Southeast Asian country.
"We are currently undertaking a feasibility study of the Vietnam project so we cannot talk about any details yet," POSCO Chief Executive Lee Ku-taek told ...
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Padaeng Industry Plc, the country's sole zinc miner, is looking for new deposits in Thailand and elsewhere in Southeast Asia as its mine in Mae Sot, Tak province, approaches the end of its lifespan.
"The local mines still have a life of around six to nine years, so the company is ...
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
China's trade deficit in copper is growing and is expected to sustain copper demand in 2007, analysts with Deutsche Bank indicated in a recent commodities report.
China imported 111,159 metric tonnes (MT) of copper last December 2006, the highest monthly level of last year, increasing 40.68% from November 2006 and 41.28% ...
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Shipments abroad of Brazilian iron ore totaled 19.1Mt worth US$967mn last month compared to 16.4Mt worth US$694mn in same-month 2006, industry trade group Sinferbase said in its latest report.
Pellet exports amounted to 4.2Mt last month, up from 2.8Mt year-over-year.
Iron ore sales within Brazil reached 3.3Mt in January compared to 3.1Mt ...
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Market views are mixed on whether an estimated 150 million lb/year of scrap recycling capacity to be added at Logan Aluminum is needed to meet overall US recycling demand, or whether it will leave some processors scrambling for business to run their furnaces.
As reported by Platts last week, the ARCO ...
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
Platinum futures traded in Tokyo raced to a record high Monday and show no signs of slowing thanks to firmness in gold and a potential tightening of supply.
The newly listed benchmark platinum contract for delivery in February 2008 jumped to Y4,782 a gram, beating the previous record high of Y4,734 ...
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
The Mechel (RTS: MTLR) group invested about $14 million in overhauling a continuous billet casting machine and infrastructure at its Mechel Targoviste SA plant in Romania.
The launch of the upgraded machine will enable the plant to reduce materials consumption ratios, thereby substantially reducing production costs, the Russian steelmaker said in ...
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