From its usage in welding and cutting, fibre optics, electronics, aerospace and leak-testing applications, to its publicly recognisable role in balloon inflation, helium has typically been a gas in increasing demand.
It’s well documented that the helium shortages of recent years have driven a trend for product conservation, recovery and recycling; the softened helium demand coming out of the shortages has been a recurring topic in...
In November 2013, two geologists were travelling through the Tanzanian Savannah on their way to a gold prospect. To pass time during the long drive, one of them flicked through a publication lying on the...
When more than 100 delegates from 16 countries gathered in London, UK for the first ever Global Helium Summit in June 2013, the trends, technologies, and dynamics of the helium supply chain were in focus...
Chart Ferox has manufactured two giant cryogenic plants to be used in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor’s (ITER’s) project to create and control fusion.
Outside, tourists strolled along the chilly boardwalk and the Atlantic Ocean roiled away with springtime fervor, but nestled into the Bally’s hotel/casino, the Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) was getting to the heart of...
Several major industry companies have signed an historic agreement today for the commercialisation of the Free State Helium and Natural Gas (NG) field near Welkom in South Africa.
Mastering fusion on Earth would pave the way for unlimited energy resources, such is the magnitude of its development. Controlled fusion is in fact one of the most promising paths to carbon-free energy – and...
When more than 100 delegates from 16 countries gathered in London, UK for the first ever Global Helium Summit in June 2013, the trends, technologies and dynamics of the helium supply chain were in focus...
Two production plants of BOC, part of Tier One company the Linde Group, have hit significant milestones on the same day in Australia.
