Materials
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Denmark is building advanced materials capability around C-130J fleet maintenance. Lockheed Martin and the Danish Technological Institute are developing residual-stress measurement methods intended to support condition-based maintenance, structural assessment, and a domestic aerospace technology base.
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Metso is expanding mining service capacity across South America significantly. A new Brazilian centre joins a €45 million regional programme covering repair, technical support, manufacturing, and lifecycle services.
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Norsk Titanium increased serial production revenue as aerospace volumes grew. Airbus, Northrop Grumman, defence, and semiconductor programmes are moving more installed additive capacity towards commercial utilisation.
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Avantium has commissioned another key section of its FDCA plant. Purification work now precedes first production, qualification batches, and planned commercial deliveries from the Delfzijl facility.
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Flash heating has trapped a high-performance semiconductor phase on glass. Millisecond processing produced bismuth oxide films generating up to 50 times more photocurrent without overheating the conducting substrate.
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Naturewall is expanding stock capacity after securing seven-figure HSBC support. The Beverley manufacturer expects turnover to rise 30% over 12 months as it broadens its UK-made panel range.
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Tioxide has restarted titanium dioxide production at its Greatham plant. The Hartlepool operation is beginning a phased ramp-up towards full manufacturing capacity in early 2027.
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A missile strike has disrupted production at Ukraine’s largest steelworks. ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih says energy and blast-furnace facilities were damaged, two people were killed, and 14 were injured while specialists assess restoration options.
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DPM Metals has declared commercial production at Bosnia’s Vareš mine. The processing plant averaged 72% of design throughput during its qualifying period, while the company remains on course for an 850,000-tonne annual run-rate by year-end.
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Watercycle has secured £1m for closed-loop UK battery recycling development. CAMCYCLE is a £2 million, 12-month programme designed to shorten the route from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries to cathode active material while recovering minerals from recycling wastewater.
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