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Following the positive vote by members to changes in the Bye-laws at the 2021 AGM, amendments to the IOM3 grade structure have now been agreed by the Privy Council and will take effect on 7 September 2022.

Including effect of hold time on resistance spot weldability of aluminium to steel, friction stir alloying of AZ61 and mild steel with Al-CNT additive, and contamination suppression of coupling glass during vacuum laser welding.

UK Research and Innovation gives £1.2mln to tackle plastic packaging waste in India, Chile, South Africa and Kenya.

Initial focus to reduce reliance on critical materials and enable recycling of lithium-ion batteries.

Announcement follows successful 2021 UK trial.

The monthly index points to further price falls in the future.

Including free spark plasma sintering for textured ceramics, electroplating under perpendicular magnetic fields, and adiabatic shear behaviour of AZ31 alloy with different grain sizes.

Considering graphene for enhanced gas barrier properties, anti-corrosive properties of rubber coatings, and chitosan-reinforced nitrile rubber.

Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, UK, will open to the public from Saturday 10 September after a £28 million, eight-year restoration.

Mark Cutifani FREng CEng FIMMM has been awarded the 2022 Brigadier Stokes Memorial Award by the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM).