Focus on Biomaterials

The UK’s National Physical Laboratory has launched a Measurement for Recovery (M4R) programme, enabling businesses across UK industry to gain access to its R&D facilities and expertise.

Battery industry expert Isobel Sheldon has been brought in as Chief Strategy Officer at Britishvolt to support building of the UK’s first large-scale cell gigaplant.

The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published steel industry's sustainability performance via its sustainability indicators.

A discussion paper by the UN Environment Programme and International Resource Panel sets out that global exports of material resources per capita doubled between 1970 and 2017—while overall global extraction of materials tripled in the same period—but fewer exporters are meeting this demand.

The webinar focuses on environmental cracking of turbine blade materials.