La Tim Metal and Industries has received an approval for the merger of La Tim Sourcing (wholly owned subsidiary of the company) with itself. The Board of Directors of the company at their meeting held on October 29, 2018, approved the same. La Tim Metal and Industries was established with the vision of establishing itself … Read more
Hindustan Zinc has reported 5.93% growth in its mined metal production at 2,32,000 tonnes in Q2 FY19 as against 2,19,000 tonnes in July-September 2017. During the July-September 2018, the company’s refined lead output grew 28.95% to 49,000 tonnes from 38,000 tonnes in the year-ago-quarter. Besides, the production of silver rose 22.86% to 1,72,000 tonnes as … Read more
The Company ranks 1st in ‘Environment’ and overall 5th globally Hindustan Zinc tops Metal & Mining sector globally in the Environment category in Dow Jones Sustainability Index. The Company has also been ranked overall 5th globally by Dow Jones Sustainability Index in the metals and mining sector. Hindustan Zinc has improved its position from the … Read more
If you’re ever unlucky enough to have a car with metal tires, you might consider a set made from a new alloy engineered at Sandia National Laboratories. You could skid — not drive, skid — around Earth’s equator 500 times before wearing out the tread. Sandia’s materials science team has engineered a platinum-gold alloy believed … Read more
The team, from the University of Cambridge in the UK and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) in Spain used the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) to observe WASP-127b, a giant gaseous planet with partly clear skies and strong signatures of metals in its atmosphere. WASP-127b has a radius 1.4 times larger than Jupiter but … Read more
Hindustan Zinc’s Pantnagar Metal Plant received Par Excellence Award in 5S & Kaizen in the 5th National Enclave on 5S organized by Quality Circle Forum of India. Over 75 companies from all over the country participated in the conclave held at BIT, Sathyamangalam, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) on 9th -10th February 2018. The theme for the conclave was – … Read more
To the knowledge of all, the lines that we see on the rear windscreen of cars, that are used for defrosting and defogging, are made from Silver. Surprisingly, in the United States, an alloy can only be called Silver if it has at least 90% Pure Silver. It is believed that Silver was discovered around 5000 … Read more