With Quality Plating, a Salt Lake business that has attached metal plating to just about anything, closing its doors soon, owner Glenn Fassmann reflected on the business' impact.

The story begins with Glenn’s grandfather, Walther Fassmann, who learned the electroplating trade in his native Germany in 1910 when he was 14 years old. Six years later, at the start of World War I, ...

In this video, I demonstrate how to modify a pair of inexpensive €1 pliers into a small hand vise designed to grip small parts from the inside diameter. This allows easy access to the edges or top ...

Westwin Elements plans to build the first large-scale nickel refinery in the U.S. in Richmond Hill, Georgia. The company claims its Mond process for nickel refinement will not produce liquid or solid ...

In this restoration video, watch the process of restoring an Enterprise Mfg. Co. press from the 1880-1890 period. This restoration includes lathe work, powder coating, cast iron seasoning, nickel ...

After a volatile but overall bearish year, nickel is closing 2025 on a positive note. One of the "forgotten" metals has turned bullish, rallying 5.5% in a month. Yet, time will show whether this run ...

Nickel prices were stagnant in 2025, trading around US$15,000 per metric ton (MT) for much of the year. Weighing heavily on the metal was persistent oversupply from Indonesian operations. Meanwhile, ...

The nickel market is set to remain in surplus through 2026, driven primarily by continued supply growth from Indonesia. Global nickel supply is expected to outpace demand again in 2026. Supply risks ...

LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - China financed and built Indonesia's nickel industry, transforming the country into the world's largest producer in the space of a decade. But now China is not so sure it ...

PIC Wire & Cable, a provider of aerospace and defense interconnect solutions, just released two new RoHS-compliant plating options for their MACHFORCE Connectors product line: black zinc nickel and ...

The American penny is history. The nickel might be next. The last pennies were pressed at the US Mint in Philadelphia on Wednesday, a victim of production costs higher than their worth coupled with ...