Nickel

NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio has announced that its engineers have developed an airless compliant tire that will be used by the Mars rover.

The Ring of Fire development, which is located approximately 575 kilometers north of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, is expected to generate a large amount of minerals, including nickel, copper, and chromite, once the operation is up and running.

Maryland-based, Esab Welding & Cutting products will acquire Sandvik Materials Technology’s (SMT’s) welding wire operations.

An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital, a leading middle market private equity firm, has announced that it has sold Advanced Alloy Processing Holdings, LLC, parent of Main Steel, LLC to a subsidiary of Samuel, Son & Co.

North American Nickel Inc., a mineral exploration company, has announced that it has retained Dr. Peter Lightfoot of Lightfoot Geoscience Inc.

At the Annual Members Meeting of the Nickel Institute on November 2nd, 2017, Anton Berlin, Director of Marketing, MMC Norilsk Nickel was elected Chairperson of the Nickel Institute, which has a US office located in North Carolina.

Georgia-headquartered Arconic Inc., a company specializing in lightweight metals engineering with materials such as titanium, aluminum and nickel, has announced business management changes designed to streamline and strengthen its operational executive leadership.

Finnish liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank manufacturer LNGTainer has launched a new tank which brings together two innovations – LNGTainer’s tank container and Outokumpu’s austenitic stainless steel grade, Supra 316plus.

Solidscape, Inc., a subsidiary of Stratasys, Ltd., has launched the S500 3D printer. Designed to produce accurate, directly castable wax patterns, the S500 high precision 3D printer, along with new castable material, Midas, and dissolvable support material, Melt-I, aims to shorten production time and eliminate the need for expensive tooling.

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) recently announced that it has signed a new Long-Term Purchase Agreement (LTPA) with Pratt & Whitney (P&W), a United Technologies Corporation (UTC) company, to supply isothermal forgings and nickel-based powder alloys for next-generation jet engines.