Jan du Plessis, Rio Tinto chairman, has informed the board that he intends to retire as chairman after the completion of an orderly succession process.

The Applied Materials Research, Innovation and Commercialisation Co. (AMRICC) is seeking interested partners to form an employer group that will help influence the content of a materials science degree apprenticeship.

Indian Ceramics & Ceramics Asia, in its second edition as co-located event, set new records by bringing 7,100 trade visitors and 283 exhibitors together at the Gujarat University Exhibition Centre in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Rio Tinto has appointed Philip Richards group executive, Legal.

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. recently announced a net loss of $6.9 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2016, compared with a net loss of $15.3 million for the 2015 fourth quarter.

China is the largest producer and exporter of silicon carbide in the world, with capacity reaching 2.2 million tons (more than 80% of the global total).

The trade fair reportedly increased its amount of space, already having increased from its size in 2016.

The agreement will end the four-month work stoppage at its South Shore, Ky., manufacturing facility.

All subsidiaries that process tantalum at the Goslar, Mito, Tokyo, Map Ta Phut, and Laufenburg locations remain certified.