In Case You Missed It : Business News from the Field
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Business News from the Field Toyota Lightens Third-Row Seat Wyandotte, Michigan, USA:: BASF Corporation and Toyota Motor North America Research and Development achieved lightweighting success with the new 2021 Toyota Sienna. The third-row seat, which was previously made of 15 steel pieces, was redesigned to be a freestanding, two-occupant injection molded back-frame with no molded reinforcement, which reduced weight by 30%, lowered costs by 15%, and increased safety performance. For the seat components, BASF used its unique 35% glassUHLQIRUFHGDQGLPSDFWPRGL¿HGSRO\DPLGH PA6 grade Ultramid® B3ZG7 CR and its proprietary computer-aided engineering tool ULTRASIM®. GR Silver Extends Plomosas Project Vancouver, Canada:: GR Silver Mining Ltd. has reported successful 50-meter step-out drilling at its Plomosas silver project in Sinaloa, Mexico. High-grade silver mineralized zones were intersected WRFRQ¿UPWKDWWKHV\VWHPKDVDFRQWLQXLW\ of at least 500 meters along the strike. Drilling extended the continuity of both mineralization styles: silver-gold low sulphidation epithermal veins and polymetallic high-grade silverlead-zinc hydrothermal breccias, up to 700 meters down dip below surface.
Gary, Indiana, USA:: United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) restarted two blast furnaces in August 2020 that had been idled in April. The Gary Works in Indiana is U.S. Steel’s largest mill and produces sheet, strip mill, and tin products. The two revived blast furnaces at Gary Works have capacities of 1.07 million short tons and 1.23 million short tons. The company aims to restore capacity for key customers in the auto industry with the reopening of Gary Works, which will additionally support a continued demand from the appliances, packaging, and construction industries. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Steel.)
Canada Nickel Launches NetZero Metals Toronto, Canada:: Canada Nickel Company Inc. created a wholly owned subsidiary, NetZero Metals, to begin research and development for a processing facility that would be located in Timmins, Ontario, with the goal of utilizing existing technologies to produce zerocarbon nickel, cobalt, and iron products. According to Canada Nickel, its potential to develop zero-carbon products for the mining sector is a result of advantages like its Crawford Nickel-Cobalt Sulphide project, comprised mostly of serpentine rock, which naturally absorbs carbon dioxide when exposed to air. Lordstown Motors Agrees to Merger, Going Public Det
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