Por qué importa para los materiales
Construction is the tonnage baseline everything else is measured against. It is also where alloying elements do their quietest work: a few hundred grams of niobium per tonne of steel lets a bridge be built with less of it.
De qué está compuesto
Todos los materiales →| Material | Lo que hace aquí | Importancia |
|---|---|---|
| Cement | Concrete | Definición de |
| Construction Sand & Gravel | Aggregate in concrete and asphalt | Definición de |
| Copper crítico | Wiring and plumbing | Definición de |
| Iron & Steel | Structure, rebar and rail | Definición de |
| Iron Ore | Steel | Definición de |
| Manganese crítico | In every tonne of steel | Definición de |
| Metallurgical Coal | Blast-furnace reduction | Definición de |
| Zinc crítico | Galvanising | Definición de |
| Aluminium crítico | Facades, windows and structure | Importante |
| Crude Oil | Asphalt and plastics | Importante |
| Gypsum | Plasterboard | Importante |
| Lime | Steel refining and soil stabilisation | Importante |
| Niobium crítico | High-strength low-alloy steel | Importante |
| Vanadium crítico | Rebar strengthening | Importante |
Cement
Powdered limestone and clay cooked at 1,450 C, which sets hard when mixed with water — the glue that holds concrete…
Construction Sand & Gravel
The most-mined material on Earth by weight, and the one nobody thinks of as mining.
Copper
The reddish metal that carries electricity better than anything except silver, and which humans have been smelting…
Iron & Steel
Iron with a little carbon in it, and the most-produced manufactured material on the planet.
Iron Ore
Rust-coloured rock that is roughly one-third to two-thirds iron, and the single largest tonnage the mining industry…
Manganese
A brittle grey metal that steel cannot be made without, and that is now being used to stretch scarce nickel and…
