Features

Disputing the notion that materials are 'boring'

1 Dec 2006
On annual visits to Scotland, driving just north of the border along the A74(M), I always slow down at the sign to the Scottish Museum of Lead Mining, but then...
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Blame the management - Materials information management

1 Dec 2006
The Materials Data Management Consortium has come together to identify critical issues in materials information management. They have worked with Granta Design to create software so that materials selections can be made from materials analysis information contained within a single source repository.
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Completely buried - Mineralisation discovers iron ore deposits

1 Dec 2006
SDP Pty the exploration consultancy, is using the mineralisation of gases, a geophysical sampling and identification technique, to offer an analysis and interpretation service that assists in the discovery of iron ore deposits.
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Nothing ventured - Mining exploration budget survey

1 Dec 2006
A survey by the Metal Economics Group of the impact of global exploration expenditure by the mining industry details the changes in exploration budgets, and determines the specific areas and at which stage the money has been spent. Companies then use this trend data to determine the best use of resources and reserves needed to attract investment funding and achieve maximum return.
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Testing to the extreme - Nanoscale testing method for materials

1 Dec 2006
Reliable, high temperature, nanoscale measurements have been developed to test materials at elevated temperatures. This is vital to determine the failure of materials from fatigue and overload, and can lead to the creation of advanced materials that can operate in extreme environments.
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