Magnesium alloys are considered to be in the vanguard of advanced materials. They are lightweight, with a density of 1.8 g/cm 3, (approximately two thirds that of aluminium alloys) and have the ...

Magnesium has attributes that make it a very desirable manufacturing material. It has the lowest density of all structural metals, making it ideal for applications in which weight saving is a priority ...

General Motors and the GM China Advanced Technical Center in Shanghai announced today the first trial run of the facility’s new Vertical Squeeze Casting machine, the first of its kind in the world ...

CU Boulder engineers have revamped a World War II-era process for making magnesium that requires half the energy and produces a fraction of the pollution compared to today’s leading methods. The ...

Michiru Sakamoto (Deputy Director) of the Materials Research Institute for Sustainable Development (MRISUS) (Director: Mamoru Nakamura) and Yasumasa Chino (Leader), Kazutaka Suzuki (Senior Research ...

A new magnesium casting process for car parts using less energy and with less waste is exciting news for the auto industry, says federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane. "It will offer the industry a ...

FisherCast Global Corp. Peterborough, Ont. Magnesium alloys increasingly replace aluminum, zinc, and other materials in structural automotive parts because they are much lighter. Magnesium's low ...

The North American Die Casting Association (NADCA), Wheeling, Ill., handed out top honors to automotive OEMs for parts that exemplified performance and fuel economy. The competition aim is to ...