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Aluminum threatens to overtake steel in auto manufacture

Industry Week reports that according to the Aluminum Association, the use of aluminum in automobiles has the potential to reach record highs by 2012. Steelmakers have led the way to vehicle-mass reduction with advanced high-strength steels. These steel grades feature the strength characteristics of traditional steel but are easier to form and lighter than other older versions. But the Aluminum Association, which represents U.S. and foreign-based aluminum producers, says aluminum can replace more than twice as much weight as steel.
Resource Investing News | September 13, 2011 | 2:22 am

Australia assures Malaysia of Lynas rare earth safety

Western Australian Minister for Mines and Petroleum Norman Moore, who is responsible for initiating the single biggest overhaul of Western Australia’s mining industry’s occupational health and safety system, assured Malaysians that the level of radioactivity attached to the product from Lynas Corporation's Mount Weld was very low, that it was not considered as dangerous goods from the point of transportation regulations.
Resource Investing News | September 13, 2011 | 12:49 am