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16.03.26 - 06:06
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GEM Services upgrades copper clip bonding for AI server dual-sided cooling (Digitimes)
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Taiwan-based power semiconductor packaging and testing firm GEM Services has announced advancements in its copper clip bonding technology to meet growing demand for enhanced cooling solutions in AI servers. As AI servers increase in power density, effective heat dissipation becomes critical, prompting a shift from traditional bottom cooling designs to top and dual-sided cooling products....
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16.03.26 - 01:12
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Taxpayer bill for saving Scunthorpe steel furnaces could top £1.5bn by 2028, auditor says (The Guardian)
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National Audit Office highlights benefits of state rescue for jobs and orders but warns of continuing high cost The cost of keeping the UK's last remaining blast furnaces going at British Steel's Scunthorpe plant could exceed £1.5bn by 2028 if it continues at its current rate, according to the government's spending watchdog.Ministers took the plant into public control in April last year, after its Chinese owner – industrial firm Jingye – threatened to shut down the loss-making site. Continue reading......
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15.03.26 - 15:06
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Hormuz Chokepoint Claims Next Victim: World′s Largest Aluminum Smelter Cuts Capacity (ZeroHedge)
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Hormuz Chokepoint Claims Next Victim: World's Largest Aluminum Smelter Cuts Capacity
The world's largest single-site aluminium smelter in the Middle East cut its output by about 20% on Sunday, marking yet another troubling development for the global economy. The disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is no longer just an energy story - it's now spreading into industrial metals. These second- and third-order effects could soon disrupt global supply chains and tighten aluminium availability, thus pressuring prices higher.
Bloomberg reports that Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) began a controlled, safe shutdown of three reduction lines on Sunday to preserve business continuity amid heavily disrupted maritime shipping routes through the Hormuz chokepoint.
This production shutdown accounts for about 19% of Alba's total output capacity of 1.62 million tons per year, representing roughly 2.2% of global aluminium production. The suspension aims to preserve its inventory of raw materials.
In 2025, Gulf Coo...
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14.03.26 - 12:45
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Wochenausblick Rohstoffe: Iran- Krieg dominiert weiterhin die Schlagzeilen (SG)
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Auch wenn die historisch höchste Freigabe von Ölreserven kurzfristig Produktionsausfälle kompensiert, handelt es sich doch lediglich um eine temporäre Lösung. Denn dieser stehen eben auch die höchsten Ausfälle am Ölmarkt aller Zeiten gegenüber. Die IEA beziffert die Produktionsausfälle inzwischen auf mindestens 8 Mio. Barrel pro Tag bzw. 7,5% der globalen Produktion. Solange sich kein Ende des Krieges abzeichnet, bleiben die Preise also gut unterstützt.. --- Auch an den Industriemetallmärkten schaut man auf die chinesischen Produktionszahlen. Dabei steht die chinesische Aluminiumproduktion im Fokus. Aufgrund der hohen Bedeutung der Golfregion als Produzent und der stark gestiegenen Preise ist der Aluminiumpreis der einzige Metallpreis, der seit Anfang des Monats mit gut 10% deutlich im Plus notiert.. --- Der Goldpreis profitiert weiterhin nicht von der geopolitischen Krise. Schließlich steigen mit den in dieser Woche nochmals deutlich gestiegenen Öl- und Gaspreisen auch die Inflationsgefahren..
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