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  • A lightweight magnesium alloy electric bus

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    IMA Announces 2017 Awards of Excellence

    Members of the International Magnesium Association (IMA) honored their peers with a series of awards, which were handed out at the 2017 World Magnesium Conference held May 23-25 in Singapore. A host of industry leaders attended the three-day conference and were on hand to congratulate award recipients. Honors annually bestowed by the IMA include four […]

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    Alliance Magnesium Produces First Ingot

    Alliance Magnesium Inc. produced its first metal magnesium ingots at its Danville demonstration plant in Quebec. This comes after four years of technological development, design, and construction of a pilot plant, which started in October 2015. The ingots, which are now produced on a regular basis, are used to validate the manufacturing process developed by […]

  • Randy Chalmers, Meridia, and Professor Hanifa Shah, Birmingham City University.

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    University Aims to Showcase Magnesium as Viable for Automotive and Aerospace

    Birmingham City University in the U.K. formed a strategic alliance with Meridian, the world’s largest producer of magnesium components, with the aim of showcasing magnesium as a viable alternative for luxury car makers and the aerospace industry. The two organizations will work together in the education, research, and development of magnesium use, which will place fuel efficiency through […]

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    Magnesium Market Outlook is Solid

    Global growth in the magnesium market is expected to average 3.4% per year reaching almost 1.2 million tpy by 2020, according to a new report — Magnesium Metal: Global Industry, Markets & Outlook, 12th Edition — from Roskill that forecasts the industry out to 2020. Globally aluminum alloys and die casting are predicted to be the […]

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    CSIRO Technology to Deliver Low-Cost Magnesium

    Magnesium is the lightest of all metals and is in rising demand from car manufacturers who are turning to the metal as a solution for making lightweight, low-emission vehicles. With the aim of reinvigorating the metal production industry in Australia, CSIRO and Enirgi Group have joined forces to develop and commercialize an affordable and low-emission […]

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    Magnesium Breakthrough Could Lead to the Replacement of Lithium in Batteries

    Scientists at the Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA) have developed a new breakthrough involving magnesium batteries that may soon open the doors for smaller, longer-lasting batteries for everything from cars to cell phones. Magnesium metal has long been theorized as a much safer and more energy-dense alternative to current lithium battery technology. Lithium […]

  • Dr Hari Babu Nadendla

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    Grain Refiner Breakthrough for Magnesium Alloys

    Scientists at Brunel University London have developed the first ever grain refiner master alloy for magnesium-aluminum alloys. A team led by Dr. Hari Babu Nadendla from the Brunel Centres for Advanced Solidification Techniques found a patented niobium-based master alloy that not only filled the missing gap in grain refiners for magnesium alloys but offered significant advantages […]

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    Alliance Magnesium Continues Progress on Primary Magnesium Pilot Facility

    Alliance Magnesium Inc. recently signed the final contract for a C$3 million non-repayable grant, which will be implemented in the construction of a primary magnesium facility in Quebec, Canada. Concurrently with the signing of the agreement with Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), the Corporation has received the first installment of C$1.27 million. Pilot Facility Alliance Magnesium started […]