Here is something of interest.  American Titanium Metal, LLC is going to invest almost $1 billion dollars in a new titanium plant to serve the aerospace industry, right here in good ol NC.  It's nice to see American jobs being created.  The "average" starting salary looks good as well.  The President of Capital Projects certainly sounds qualified and I bet they mean business.  It's really not far from here, but I bet I can't wangle my way into getting any scrap from it, when it's up and running....  Here's a link to the Dept of Commerece announcement at any rate, if anyones interested.

https://www.commerce.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2024/07/23/manufacturing-company-announces-north-carolina-investment-8678-million-cumberland-county

 

I wonder if this has anything to do with the fiasco Boeing had with titanium that was produced in China and found to be inferior for aviation with forged documentation from suppliers to them. We really need to stop depending on off shore suppliers for critical supplies.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-asks-suppliers-decade-long-titanium-paper-trail-check-forgeries-widens-2024-07-26/

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Thanks for the link Scott. Sending manufacturing offshore is only cheaper if the products don't kill your customers. Boeing has had other issues but [political content removed] maybe it'll make a comeback.

Bet it won't be long and we'll be mining and processing lithium here too.

Frosty The Lucky.

Edited July 30, 20241 yr by Mod34
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On 7/29/2024 at 5:40 PM, Frosty said:

Bet it won't be long and we'll be mining and processing lithium here too.

  North Carolina has it all.

 https://thebusinessdownload.com/north-carolinas-dormant-lithium-industry-is-suddenly-hot-again/

 

https://www.commerce.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2023/11/14/governor-cooper-announces-new-lithium-ion-battery-plant-planned-morrisville

  Until the next Carrington Event that is.  We are probably prepared for that though.  

Maybe, but I doubt we would be prepared for a Miyake event. Shoot, we don't even prepare for hurricanes that well.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240815-miyake-events-the-giant-solar-superstorms-that-could-rock-earth

Yikes.  Suppose I should start a Doom and Gloom topic somewhere?  Might not generate much interest.  

Thanks for the links Scott, they put a smile of my face.

Miyake events are scary possibilities but there's a lot of "bad" luck involved in getting blasted by a CME. They're surprisingly narrow beam sort of particle beams. Unfortunately if the stream of solar radiation is aimed at us we can really take a hit. 

The sun in fact is cycling towards the Maunder(?) maximum and aurora will become more intense for the next couple years. This will be really nice, I haven't seen more than a hazy glow for some years now. As Sol moves into a more active phase I'm seeing aurora regularly, noting spectacular yet but clearly visible. 

Frosty The Lucky.