It has been a year since I wrote the last article on rare gases, for gasworld’s sister publication CryoGas International. As I stated then, I am amazed at how volatile this market can be.
Officials in California – facing the state’s driest year on record amid a multi-year drought – have implemented mandatory water consumption limits in a bid to prevent what could be devastating shortages.
The safe and responsible use of industrial gases has once again been thrust into the spotlight, this time for the right reasons, with action from the UK Government to protect young people from the dangers...
It’s incredible to think that 2015 marks 80 years of the humble beverage can. When Krueger Brewing Company sold its first beer in a can in Virginia (US) in 1935, the new packaging concept was...
The first decade of the 21st century was a very active one for the industrial gases sector.
There was much trepidation and speculation surrounding the hydrogen economy. Doubters questioned if the public would embrace it; and would companies be able to provide the investment required to establish it?
As reported in last month’s issue of gasworld magazine, the slide of the brent crude oil price (per barrel) continues to dominate the news headlines of the new year.
When it comes to market shortages, one gas has very much been the centre of attention in recent years – helium. Shortages of helium have dominated our headlines as various production outages, coupled with a...
As one of the BRICS and one of the fastest developing economies, any news about the economic situation of China always catches the eye.
Whereas Western societies sometimes bemoan there being too much safety-obsessed red tape, there are still parts of the world where lives are lost because safety standards and culture are sadly lacking.
