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Duplex stainless steels in bridge design help avoid road closures for both replacement and maintenance. A new bridge spanning one of the world’s large...

Most stainless steel food containers are made of 304 grade (18/8 stainless), and new microwave-safe containers have had their corners specially design...

The latest issue of Nickel looks at the various contributions of nickel and nickel-containing stainless steel to transportation and how it helps get p...

IMOA’s new MolyReview is now available. In this issue you can discover how a new bridge spanning one of the world’s largest rivers uses both 2205 and ...

Figures released by the International Molybdenum Association (IMOA) show that global production of molybdenum fell by 3% to 146.8 million pounds (mlbs...

Stainless steels are a highly durable and sustainable family of corrosion resistant materials. For many decades stainless steels have been one of the ...

This webinar on Wednesday 29 November 2023 explores the best practices associated with using duplex stainless steels for structures and the sustainabi...

ICDA has established this event as a forum for the chrome industry's ESG experts to learn, share knowledge and meet with research institutes and speci...

Team Stainless has issued a summary of the detailed analysis of stainless steel stocks and flows by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. The analysi...

Water is essential to life, yet by 2040 almost three billion people will face water scarcity. Stainless steel plays a key role in almost every element...

More than 4% of the GDP of developed countries is attached to the cost of fixing the impact of corrosion. In some extreme cases the impact of corrosio...

At the worldstainless-27 conference, on 11 May 2023, the world stainless association has announced the winners of the 2023 Stainless Steel Industry Aw...

Over the years, the ICDA have made sustainability and ESG a key focus of our activities. We are proud of the growing awareness and the number of valua...

The ICDA is pleased to announce the results of the General Assembly to elect the ICDA Council for the term 2023 - 2025. Congratulations to the newly e...

ASCE/SEI 8-22 Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Stainless Steel Structural Members was released in May 2023. The revised standard will allow...

This 4 hour course will equip engineers with the skills necessary to design structural stainless steel in accordance with current European design prac...

Team Stainless has published new information outlining stainless steel’s significant contribution to the UN’s Sustainability Goals. The UN’s 17 Sustai...

On 23 March 2023, Kai Hasenclever, Director, Economics&Statistics and Long Products of the world stainless association, provided an answer to the ...

The world stainless association has released figures for the full year of 2022 showing that stainless steel melt shop production decreased by 5.2% yea...

ICDA produces regular market analysis reports. Members receive a weekly newsletter service covering latest market trends worldwide and in China. Disco...

Global production of molybdenum was at 577.8 million pounds in 2022, a fall of 1% from 581.4 million pounds in 2021, figures released by the Internati...

The Nickel Institute has updated its factsheet on nickel resources and reserves with the latest data. Available for download from the Nickel Institute...

Most 3D printed objects are less than 30 cm long. So, how is the 10 m long Oregon Dragon Bench possible? Instead of using powder, the bench was built ...

The Members’ Meeting is a must-attend event for the global ICDA community, offering a wide range of unrivalled benefits. Register now and take advanta...

worldstainless Secretary-General Tim Collins reflects on how stainless steels can quickly and appropriately help to get humanity off the highway to cl...

A new publication, Stainless Steel for Food Contact Material, was launched at a side meeting of the China Stainless Steel Council (CSSC) annual congre...

The Nickel Institute has published How to determine GHG emissions from nickel metal Class 1 production in Chinese. In China, the Nickel Institute has ...

Interview with Ian Dryden, Principal Industrial Designer at the City of Melbourne.  Ian Dryden is the principal industrial designer within the City De...

In this short video, the Nickel Institute’s Dr Mark Mistry answers some of the frequently asked questions about nickel. Is there enough nickel to sati...

Sluice gates are moveable barriers that regulate water levels and flow rates in waterways. In a world of changing climate and increased flooding risks...

The NewGeneSS – New Generation Design Methods for Stainless Steel Structures research project, funded by the European Commission under the H2020-MSCA ...

Stainless steels are widely used iron-based alloys that contain chromium and, typically, other alloying elements. The chromium(III)-rich surface oxide...

From September 12 to 15, Benoît Van Hecke (Nickel Institute) and Nicole Kinsman (IMOA) represented Team Stainless at the IWA WWCE. The World Water Con...

The Nickel Institute has published specific guidance for nickel producers to help them calculate their greenhouse gas emissions. This guidance takes i...

A look at the new AISC Specification for Structural Stainless Steel By Nancy Baddoo, Ceng, and Mark Holland, PE Article published in the January 2022 ...

AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction) has published two new stainless steel standards. ANSI/AISC 370-21 Specification for Structural Stainle...

The Nickel Institute has prepared a two minute video to accompany its recent brochure Stainless steel infrastructure – a lifetime of savings. The vide...

The Steel Construction Institute (SCI) has just published two information sheets – one covering the use of stainless steel for structural members in b...