From its usage in welding and cutting, fibre optics, electronics, aerospace and leak-testing applications, to its publicly recognisable role in balloon inflation, helium is a global commodity delivered through a complex supply chain.
Helium is an essential resource for industrial use. The gas has become invaluable for leak detection as well as cooling in metal working and in medical equipment. To combat what seem like ever-looming shortages, new...
The global helium business is full of fragilities and fluctuations by its very nature, as we have experienced in the last decade alone.
As we enter the New Year, the helium business continues to find itself in a state of equilibrium, if not over-supply at times.
The ITER project, which aims to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of fusion as a long-term energy source, has stated in a press release that all milestones set by the ITER Council have been met, making...
The PSJ export specialists, a Czech-based construction company, are planning to build a cryogenic compressor station at the United Institute of Nuclear Research (SÚJV) in Dubna, Russia.
Beijing Sinoscience Fullcryo (also known as Fuhaicryo), a subsidiary of China Academy of Sciences, has recently signed an agreement with Korean company Vitzrotech to supply a 4.5K large-scale helium refrigerator to Korean National Nuclear Fusion...
Airgas, an Air Liquide company, has been contracted to lift the balloons at Houston’s 68th annual H-E-B Thanksgiving Day Parade, by supplying more than 40,000 cubic feet of helium (He) for the celebrations.
The vault-like, 40ft diameter, 40 tonne door of Chamber A at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston was unsealed on 18th November, signaling the end of cryogenic testing for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
The iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons will once again get the boost they need to soar above the streets of New York City, thanks to more than 300,000 cubic feet of helium (He) supplied...
