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It’s an unusual quirk of the language that we can take one word as a description and all of a sudden it’s taken on an entirely new meaning. Google for instance, was originally a noun...

Growing up, we all used to know a kid that was 'as hard as nails', which we understood to mean that they were pretty tough, but did we ever really question how hard that was?...

There are a few key times when the world of metallurgy takes a giant leap forward, as opposed to the incremental ‘small steps’ that usually define progress. In recent years, we’ve been able to identify...

It's been several hundred years since the question “What is in a name?” was introduced into the British consciousness. It's an interesting principle, because sometimes a name is very precise and exact and at other...

When you deal with as much steel as those in the trade do, you get to know your product quite well. By look, feel, weight or density, you can identify different metals and you have...

One of the wonderful things about working in steel is that you get to see the full breadth of industry that uses steel as an integral part. Although many still have the idea that steel...

When you work with metals on a regular basis, sometimes you just get used to using certain terms or measurements without thinking anything further about them. One of these is the NPS, which is nominal...

We've already covered some of our favourite steel grades in previous blogs; steels that are exceptional, advanced or perfect for a particular job but there's one 'steel' we've yet to mention despite the fact it...

There can be almost no way that you’ve avoided all coverage of the challenges that are facing the British steel industry, there have been numerous bulletins, radio broadcasts and newspaper column inches devoted to the...