Would you look at that, #australia have #export #banned #aluminium to #russia https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/au.. Bare in mind, #aluminium is likely used in a lot of #air #vehicles ( #jets and #uavs ) as part of the #invasion of #ukraine . It will also have a *massive* effect on their #internal #manufacturing #capability . The #message is clear: Russia needs to play the game on the world stage to be part of it.
More #supplychain issues will now cause a #magnesium #shortage - a #metal that is used in things like #chassis and even #aluminium creation (to create an #alloy ): https://hackaday.com/2021/11/01/magnesiu.. Bare in mind, large #cabling uses #aluminium - many #electronics #devices use #magnesium - this is really quite a large problem. We need better #decentralization of #supply already!
As expected, the #us are now looking at an #aluminium #shortage next year unless something changes: https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/us.. Stronger #leadership is needed, #biden is doing a poor job of managing this situation.
#aluminium extrusions are something I've wanted to take a look at for a while, especially for #humanoid limbs: https://hackaday.com/2021/05/25/getting-.. There could be some exciting future opportunities for low-cost, low-weight #robots for the #robocup project.