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Metal News

Steel & Iron Recycled for London 2012

26th January

With only months to go before the opening ceremony in London, the Olympic Park is almost ready. Built in one of London's most underdeveloped areas at Lower Lea Valley, the park hopes to trigger positivity in the area by providing new transport facilities, employment, housing, a green park and cultural sports facilities. London won the Games based on their "reduce, reuse, recycle" approach that promotes a greener city, country and world.
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Backing From UK Government For Devon Tungsten Mine

18th January

Mining was first carried out at the site in Hemerdon, Devon between 1919 and 1920, restarting again in 1934 and permanently closing in 1944. More than 60 years on since the closure, Australian company Wolf Minerals are reopening the tungsten mine. Tungsten was first found at the site in 1867, and Hemerdon is ranked as the 4th largest tungsten mine in the world.
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Uses of Tin Based Alloys

11th January

Tin is rarely used as a metal on its own, but more commonly in association with other metals to form alloys such as pewter and white metal bearing alloys. Scandinavian pewter is a mixture of tin, antimony, copper and bismuth, however English pewter are 91% tin, 7.5% antimony and 1.5% copper. The tin and copper combination is commonly used in tableware, and the tin and antimony combination in the production of flatware.  
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Nobel Prize for Quasicrystal Space Discovery

6th January

Daniel Shechtman first discovered these unusual crystals in 1982. Other scientists thought the idea of quasicrystals ridiculous as they break every rule of what a crystal is. His battle to prove their existence was long and drawn out, but throughout this time he continued his research to confirm that his discovery was real. Firstly, he created quasicrystals under laboratory conditions - cooling molten metals by squirting the mixture onto a cold surface. Shechtman also sent electron waves through molten metal made up of aluminium and manganese to test how the wave diffracted according to the metals atoms.  
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