So, it is the festive period once again and you are trapped in the lab – but fear not, Dr Matthew Partridge has a rather incredible lab-based Christmas plan for you as he shows us…  Christmas is clearly a wonderful time of year. However, as researchers and people of science we wouldn’t let something like … Continue reading How to make Christmas cake with ingredients from lab supply companies →

From January to June 2020, the electric power sector consumed 184.8 million short t of coal, 30% less than during the same period in 2019. After setting an annual record of 1045 million short t in 2007, coal consumption in the electric power sector has been declining. This decline is happening as many coal-fired power … Continue reading US EIA: Power sector consumed 30% less coal in first-half 2020 than in first-half 2019 →

Research agency Fitch Solutions Country Risk & Industry Research says the global primary aluminum market will remain largely in oversupply, owing to absolute production remaining higher than consumption this year, but the surplus is likely to start narrowing from 2021. This will remain the case up to 2024, before widening again from 2025. From 2025 onwards, Fitch expects the … Continue reading Aluminium demand growth will soon outpace production growth →