by Metalex | 14, Jun, 2021 | Aluminium, Aluminium News, Aluminium Price Trends, Aluminium Tech, Environmental, Green, Industry News, Innovation, Iron, Metal News, Metal Prices, Recycling
Metal supplies UK news digest – Developments in the metals worldDigital innovation helps make the aluminium smelting process more efficient, cheaper, safer and greener. Nissan creates an aluminium-rich, lighter, more efficient car at its Sunderland plant. A bottleneck...
by Metalex | 24, May, 2021 | Aluminium, Aluminium Alloy, Aluminium Grades, Metal Definitions, Metal Prices, Metal Uses, Recycling, Sustainability
About aluminium 2014 – Tough enough for aerospace applications Aluminium Alloy 2014 is a copper-based alloy with very high strength and excellent machining characteristics at some tempers. Aluminium 2014 is the second most popular alloy in the 2000 series, the...
by Metalex | 10, May, 2021 | Aluminium, Industry News, Innovation, Metal News, Metal Prices, Recycling, Steel, Sustainability
The latest news from your favourite metal suppliers UK As aluminium suppliers and steel suppliers in the UK, we are fascinated to see how fast our world is changing. Many of the changes are for the better, good for our environment and for the future. Here’s the...
by Metalex | 26, Apr, 2021 | Aluminium, Aluminium Alloy, Aluminium Grades, Metal Definitions, Metal Uses
About aluminium 2011 – Brilliant machining and poor weldability Aluminium 2011 was created to allow great machining at high speeds. Doing so can result in fine chips being produced, but they’re easy to remove. Because it comes with such good machining...
by Metalex | 12, Apr, 2021 | Aluminium, Aluminium News, Aluminium Price Trends, Aluminium Tech, Environmental, Industry News, Metal News, Steel
The latest news from your favourite metal suppliers UK As experts in metal supplies we like to keep our fingers on the pulse. This time around there’s the usual mix of good and not-so-good news, a blend of brilliant climate innovations on one hand and bad times...
by Metalex | 22, Mar, 2021 | Industry News, Aluminium, Aluminium News, Aluminium Tech, Metal News, Metal Prices, Stainless Steel, Sustainability
About aluminium 6262 – Heat treatable with great corrosion resistanceAluminium alloy 6262 is a popular heat treatable alloy. It comes with excellent corrosion resistance and it is also very strong. If you’re going to do heavy cutting you’ll need an oil...
