Effective weld purging is only achieved by making sure that oxygen is displaced from the purge zone prior to and during welding. Any residual oxygen can cause significant loss of corrosion resistance and a reduction...
Announcements of domestic air separation unit and liquefaction builds and expansions for start-up through 2021 indicate that the US air gases business will be steady but not strong. This is still an improvement from earlier...
The transportation of gases and equipment by road can often be the highest risk activity for gas companies and their providers of transport services, and this is something that the European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA)...
Biomethane, cryotherapy, ‘Brexit’ and efforts to clean up the rogue trade in Beverage Gases are just some of the areas set to be discussed at the British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA) 2018 annual conference.
From its usage in welding and cutting, fibre optics, electronics, aerospace and leak-testing applications, to its publicly recognisable role in balloon inflation, helium is a global commodity delivered through a complex supply chain.
A recent report by a leader in global finance, PriceWaterhouseCooper (PwC), suggests that by 2050 India will be the second-largest economy in the world, in terms of GDP based on purchasing power parity.
Helium is an essential resource for industrial use. The gas has become invaluable for leak detection as well as cooling in metal working and in medical equipment. To combat what seem like ever-looming shortages, new...
The global helium business is full of fragilities and fluctuations by its very nature, as we have experienced in the last decade alone.
‘The Belt and Road’ initiative (B&R) promoted by the China government has again become a popular phrase in the international news, as China aims to resolve its over-capacity issue by expediting the development of the...
As we enter the New Year, the helium business continues to find itself in a state of equilibrium, if not over-supply at times.
