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AK Steel Fails to Reach Agreement with USWA Regarding National Steel Purchase

AK Steel, the leading bidder for the purchase of bankrupt National Steel, has failed to reach a labour agreement with the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) by the deadline imposed by the US Bankruptcy courts. AK S...

11 Apr 2003

APL Awarded $2.7m Grant to Develop Lighting Technology

APL Engineered Materials, a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanced Lighting Technologies have just been awarded a US$2.7 million grant from DARPA, the Defence Research Projects Agency over the next three years. The grant...

11 Apr 2003

Pechiney and Sual to Form Aluminium Joint Venture

Sual, Russia's number 2 primary aluminium producer, plan to join forces with French metals giant Pechiney to construct a $2.1 billion dollar aluminium plant in the Komi Republic in Russia. This is the second ventu...

10 Apr 2003

Simula Receive Order for Vehicle Armour from US Army

Simula have just received another order for ceramic/composite armour panel kits for the US Army’s M1117 Armoured Security Vehicles or ASV’s. The order has come via Textron Marine and Land Systems, who manufac...

10 Apr 2003

A.Schulman to Close Texas Dispersions Plant

Plastics compound and resin manufacturer A Schulman have announced that they will be closing their Texas-based (USA) dispersions plant. The decision to close the plant was in response to higher resin prices and reduce...

9 Apr 2003

Mozal Aluminium Produces First Ingots from Expansion

The first ingots have rolled off the new extension production line at the Mozal aluminium smelter near Maputo in Mozambique. Production has commenced five months ahead of schedule. The expansion to the plant raises ca...

9 Apr 2003

Xstrata Bid to take Over MIM

Xstrata have announced a bid for the takeover of Australian-based MIM via a wholly owned subsidiary. MIM are a mining and minerals processing company producing copper, gold, zinc, lead, silver and coal, with operations i...

8 Apr 2003

More Body Armour Orders for US Army

Following on from Ceradyne’s recent record order for Small Arms Protective Inserts (SAPI), Simula have received another similar order for more SAPI plates. The latest order is valued at over $2.7 million. The mo...

8 Apr 2003

Xstrata Magnesium Corp Sold to Advanced Magnesium Alloys

It was announced today that Xstrata had sold it magnesium business, Xstrata Magnesium Corp to Advanced Magnesium Alloys for US$1.2 million. The sale involved a magnesium recycling plant located in Indiana, USA.. Fo...

7 Apr 2003

Alunorte Become 3rd Largest Alumina Producer in South America

Alumina do Norte do Brasil S/A (Alunorte) will become the third largest alumina producer in South America when it inaugurates its third production line later today. The third production line will bring a 50% increase ...

7 Apr 2003

Malaysian Magnesium Plant Delayed

The planned magnesium plant for Malaysia by New World Alloys has been delayed. The plan involved the purchase of Alcoa’s decommissioned magnesium plant at Washington, USA and subsequent relocation to Malaysia. ...

7 Apr 2003

Ceradyne Receive $13.8m Order for Body Armour

Ceradyne have just received an order from the US army procurement agency for US$13.8 million worth of small arms protective body inserts (SAPI), or ceramic armour. Ceradyne will begin shipping the order in June and ex...

4 Apr 2003

PetroChina to Use Basell Technology for 3 New Polypropylene Plants

PetroChina and Bassel have just signed a licensing agreement that will see PetroChina use Bassel’s Spheripol technology in three new polypropylene plants. The new plants with a combined capacity of 800,000 tonne...

4 Apr 2003

Pedestrian Friendly Auto Panels from Mazda

Mazda have developed an impact absorbing structure for use in car bonnets. The structure is called “shock cone aluminium hood”. The new structure was designed to minimise head injuries sustained by pedestrian...

4 Apr 2003

US Steel to Purchase Serbian Steel Producer

US Steel, through its wholly owned subsidiary US Steel Balkan have agreed to purchase bankrupt Sartid a.d. and six of its subsidiaries for $23 million. The acquisition of the Serbian-based Sartid a.d. is scheduled for...

3 Apr 2003

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The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

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AK Steel Fails to Reach Agreement with USWA Regarding National Steel Purchase

APL Awarded $2.7m Grant to Develop Lighting Technology

Pechiney and Sual to Form Aluminium Joint Venture

Simula Receive Order for Vehicle Armour from US Army

A.Schulman to Close Texas Dispersions Plant

Mozal Aluminium Produces First Ingots from Expansion

Xstrata Bid to take Over MIM

More Body Armour Orders for US Army

Xstrata Magnesium Corp Sold to Advanced Magnesium Alloys

Alunorte Become 3rd Largest Alumina Producer in South America

Malaysian Magnesium Plant Delayed

Ceradyne Receive $13.8m Order for Body Armour

PetroChina to Use Basell Technology for 3 New Polypropylene Plants

Pedestrian Friendly Auto Panels from Mazda

US Steel to Purchase Serbian Steel Producer

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Insights into the Role of Benchtop NMR in Biofluid Analysis with Philippe Wilson

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