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1+ hour, 54+ min ago   (334+ words) UAE-based port operator Gulftainer and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) have signed a strategic agreement to expand aluminium exports through Khorfakkan Port on the UAE’s east coast, providing an alternative export route outside the Strait of Hormuz. Under the agreement, EGA…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (785+ words) Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) has never lacked ambition. It can produce geometries that conventional manufacturing cannot, consolidate assemblies, reduce weight, enable new thermal and fluidic performance, and support more resilient supply chains. In sectors such as aerospace, defence, energy, medical,…...

18+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1099+ words) Plymouth is a hotbed for manufacturing and wages in the sector are 10% higher than the UK average, so you might be surprised to learn the city’s factories are facing a recruitment crisis. It’s something that has been a problem for…...

2+ hour, 31+ min ago   (1244+ words) The robot could follow the route. The worker knew when to skip it. Around 2022, Microintelligence encountered a problem that exposed the difference. A customer needed to inspect and grind a large die-cast component more than two metres long. The part…...

19+ hour, 15+ min ago   (419+ words) Mining transparency rules under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative now cover 56 countries and about 3,900 entities, with governments disclosing $3.6 trillion in extractive revenue and using project-level models to renegotiate deals such as the DRC’s Sicomines copper-cobalt agreement, which lifted planned infrastructure…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago   (567+ words) The GBI gave back more than three points, landing at 53.8 as hiring and backlog softened, yet easing input costs and firmer prices received point-to-margin relief for finishers. University of Alabama researcher reports a newly developed WiSE-deposited metallic tungsten films on…...

2+ hour, 10+ min ago   (324+ words) AI Chatbot Provides 24/7 Support for Technical Inquiries and Post-Order Changes MISUMI Group is advancing procurement DX (digital transformation) by leveraging cutting-edge digital technologies and data, including generative AI, while expanding its services and accumulating information globally. In the Indian market,…...

3+ hour, 2+ min ago   (585+ words) This story illustrates the central challenge for agentic AI in this industry. Getting stuck in pilot purgatory is rarely a failure of engineering. It's almost always a failure of alignment — on business outcomes, on data readiness and on how the…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (292+ words) Abu Dhabi wants to produce 70% of its basic food commodities at home by 2040, more than double the 30% it manages today. The target is part of a new Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) strategy unveiled yesterday at the…...

4+ hour, 43+ min ago   (458+ words) PUNE: Maharashtra’s sugar production for the 2026-27 season is projected to fall by nearly nine lakh tonnes from the previous season, with the state sugar commissionerate revising its estimate to 90.18 lakh tonnes amid concerns over poor rainfall and deteriorating sugarcane quality....