As prices for metals have risen throughout the world "metal theft" has become increasingly common. In the UK, police have launched an initiative to tackle the problem."Police have launched a nationwide blitz on the theft of metal, a fast-growing crime fuelled by rising prices...
Crime indeeds remains an issue in South Africa: thieves broke in through President Thabo Mbeki's roof, stealing the embedded aluminum meant to protect the residence from lightning strikes."Beeld reported on Wednesday...
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"India`s National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO) is looking into the possibility of building an integrated aluminium ingot smelter in the Indonesian province of South Sumatra at a total cost of US$3 billion.A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to that effect was signed by the...
"Talk about pedal power, the inertia welding machine requires just about a little of the human muscle. In this case, one needs just a few men, a bicycle, a car jack, a flywheel from the static steam engine and two...
A 24-year-old Nigerian physics undergraduate student, Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, of Kano's Bayero University, has successfully designed and flown what might in latter years be recognized as Nigeria's first Airborne...
A very nice compact design, ideal for such places as London where land is very expensive and there is a dire shortage of affordable accommodation. At a cost of £50,000 ($100,000), this is the cheapest accommodation...
Hummers are so passé... for that true bad-boy or -girl cachet, get behind the wheel of a car that's easy on the environment, but potentially explosive! On one hand, you could buy fuel in little marble bags. On the...
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UPDATE:"Iceland's
centre-right coalition government has won a majority of just one seat
in general elections.
The government of Prime Minister Geir Haarde now hangs in the balance.
His Independence Party gained three...
"Recycle that can - and turn it into a tree
County Hall backs national scheme that could see 35,000 trees take root.
Getting green with your drinks cans can help environmental campaigners plant more trees as Beds County Council climbs aboard a national initiative.
The Get...