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System solutions for 3D-Printing

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

#BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, #Farsoon Hi-tech, a manufacturer of selective #Laser sintering and melting, and Laser-Sinter-Service (LSS), a supplier of support and field service for #AdditiveManufacturing (AM) equipment are cooperating to develop integral solutions for materials, printers, technology and service for #3DPrinting that can be tailored to meet individual customer needs.

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Graphite Corp. Announces Independent Study Confirming Company Battery Testing

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

Graphite Corp., a company in the Nanotechnology, #Graphene and #EnergyStorage sector as a commercializer of promising, disruptive nanotechnologies, announced that a recent third party independent test of Tubz’s anode technology confirmed the results obtained by the Company and #RiceUniversity. These results show charging rates which are at least 10 times faster and have a battery capacity 3 times higher than the current commercially available products.

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BHP and Vale pay out $260m over burst Samarco dam in Brazil

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

Protests at Vale HQ

A protestor washes muddy water over the Vale logo at the entrance to Vale headquarters on November 16, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Photo: 2015 Getty Images

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#BHP Billiton’s #Samarco joint venture has agreed to pay $260m to fund clean-up costs arising from the dam that burst in the #Brazilian state of #MinasGerais on November 5.

#Samarco, which is jointly owned by London-listed, Australia-based BHP, and Brazil’s #Vale, will contribute to an emergency fund that will pay for reconstruction and compensation for the environmental and social effects of the incident.

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Molycorp restructure plan includes asset sales

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

#MolyCorp, the beleaguered rare earths producer that was forced into bankruptcy in June, has announced a plan to restructure that may include the sale of its #MountainPass mine in #California.

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Arcam: Files Another Strategic Patent Application

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

#Arcam, listed on #NASDAQ #Stockholm, and leading supplier of #AdditiveManufacturing solutions, announces that its metal powder subsidiary, based in #Montreal, #Canada, just filed a strategic patent application that covers improved metal powder flowability.

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Argentina signs pacts with China to build 2 new nuclear plants

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

The governments of #Argentina and #China on Sunday signed several agreements to build the #SouthAmerican country’s fourth and fifth #Nuclear #Power plants for an investment of $14 billion, government officials said.

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China’s cashed-up Jinchuan unit seeks copper, nickel assets

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

A Hong Kong-based unit of China’s #Jinchuan Group is hunting globally for quality #Copper and #Nickel assets, leveraging its access to capital at a time when Western rivals are finding it hard to secure finance, its chief executive said.

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BHP, Vale set up fund for mining disaster

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

Mining giants #BHPBilliton and #Vale are setting up an emergency fund as an immediate step to help affected families and for rebuilding works after the deadly #Iron ore mine dam burst in #Brazil.

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Chinese researchers create origami-inspired self-folding graphene paper

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

Robot convention

Taking the art of #Origami to another level, a team of researchers at the Donghua University in #China has developed an origami-inspired self-folding #Graphene paper. The specialty of the paper is that it can be controlled and converted into almost every shape without any wired connection.

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‘World’s fastest’ 3-D printed drone takes flight

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

Aurora Flight Sciences' high-speed UAV

What is believed to be world’s first jet-powered #3DPrinted #Drone, capable of reaching speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour, was on display for the first time at the #Dubai Airshow on Monday.