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For those who have a need for such things, the choice of steel grades available is close to dizzying. You could spend years comparing and contrasting all of the different grades and compositions, but thankfully...

There have been an awful lot of digital and newspaper column inches given over to the events in the steel industry over the last few days; questions about the future of the steel industry in...

There are a great number of steel grades in the world, all with their own quirks, deviations and peculiarities, but sometimes it feels that some of the guys out there are taking all of the...

Sometimes, there are little known facts that can sound really impressive for a pub quiz or watching a repeat of Pointless; being able to say that the name of the dog that found the missing...

One of the biggest problems with steel, which has in fact driven much of the innovation in the field, is how best to protect it against oxidisation and corrosion. Water, oxygen and salt are not...

Following the initial mixture of shock, worry and moderate annoyance felt by drivers, the crack that closed the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland has been the focus of a lot of scrutiny. The initial findings...

West Yorkshire Steel have been around for a number of years, meaning that we've seen and dealt with a great number of other businesses in various shapes and forms. Some of them are still with...

It's no secret from us or the rest of the nation that steel has a reputation for being still considered as heavy industry. From images of the burly man wielding a blacksmith's hammer to the...

Metallurgy really is a wonderful thing and it's a source of constant wonder and excitement! The different properties of various materials, including our own favourite, steel, can genuinely be researched forever and the different alloys,...