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In this special feature details are given of those British paints which can be described as corrosion‐resistant primers, both one‐ and two‐pack. The materials are generally classified according to the base or pigment which actively prevents corrosion—e.g. metallic zinc in zinc/epoxy formulations— or by the base which produces a barrier action against corrosion, e.g. bitumen in bituminous paints. Exceptions to this are the etching primers, which are separately classified. About 300 primers are described, the manufacturers' names and addresses being cross‐indexed and listed separately on page 48.

This paper aims to examine the dynamic return and volatility connectedness for six major industrial metals (tin, lead, nickel, zinc, copper and aluminium) and the coronavirus media coverage index (MCI).

To that purpose, this study applies the fresh time-varying parameter vector autoregression methodology (TVP–VAR model) during the sample period between 2 January, 2020, and 16 April, 2021, that is, covering the three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

This study’s results show interesting findings. First, dynamic total return and volatility connectedness changes over time, highlighting a significant increase during the third wave of the pandemic. Second, the MCI index is a leading net transmitter in terms of return and volatility at the introduction of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus crisis. Third, this study clearly distinguishes two profiles among industrial metals: copper and tin/zinc as net transmitters and lead and aluminium as net receivers. Finally, the most relevant differences between them are concentrated not only at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (first wave) but also during the second and third waves of the coronavirus outbreak.

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first research that explores the dynamic return and volatility connectedness in the industrial metal market, applying the TVP–VAR methodology during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

The purpose of this paper is to report the use of zinc phosphate pigment as a chromate substitute for coatings on non‐ferrous metals (galvanized steel, pure aluminum, α‐brass and pure copper).

Paint systems based on zinc chromate and zinc phosphate pigments were prepared. The paints were tested for their physico‐mechanical properties. Testing of the anticorrosive properties of the zinc phosphate pigment in comparison with zinc chromate pigment was carried out by accelerated corrosion exposure, i.e. immersion in 3.5 percent salt solution and exposure for one year at five outdoor stations.

The possibility of replacing chromate pigment was assessed and the “gap“ observable between the performance of zinc chromate and zinc phosphate pigments was noted.

The non‐toxic inhibitive pigment, zinc phosphate, incorporated into a plasticized‐chlorinated rubber binder, could be applied successfully for the protection of non‐ferrous substrates.

We discussed in an earlier paper, Anti‐Corrosion Methods and Materials of November 1979, the general principles of corrosion protection with specially treated paper for iron and steel. However, most corrosion inhibitors effective for the protection of iron and steel against atmospheric corrosion are of little value for the non‐ferrous metals.

Preparation of metal surfaces for subsequent coating operations may be achieved by a number of methods but, for production lines, the use of liquids is probably the most economic technique. Surface preparation of a metal aims at producing the most suitable metal surface for the selected coating programme and, despite ideas to the contrary, this may not necessarily mean a perfectly clean surface.

Oil is crucial for industrial development. This paper investigates the impacts of oil price changes on China's industrial growth and examines whether the impacts are asymmetric. The estimations can help determine how oil price shocks are transmitted throughout the economy.

This paper adopts West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil price and industrial sector output and uses monthly data. The recently developed nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) model is employed to illustrate the effects in both the short term and long term. Importantly, under NARDL framework, this paper examines whether the impacts are asymmetric by decomposing oil price shocks into their positive and negative partial sums.

The empirical results prove clear evidence of asymmetries in the short term, long term or both terms. Specifically, some sectors benefit from, rather than suffer from higher oil prices, even some energy-intensive sectors, i.e. C31 (Smelting and Pressing of Ferrous Metals) and C32 (Smelting and Pressing of Non-ferrous Metals). However, the effects on some other energy-intensive sectors appear insignificant. Additionally, the results prove significantly negative responses in some sectors in the long term, and most of these sectors are in the top half of the ranking by energy consumptions.

This paper studies the economic responses at a disaggregated level by employing industry-level data. NARDL method is used to decompose oil price changes into their increases and decreases and investigate the asymmetries in the impacts of oil price changes.

Aims to use simple ratios as sustainability indicators to evaluate the environmental intensity in local regions and industrial sectors. These ratios could be compared across regions and industrial sectors to give a comprehensive evaluation of sustainability.

A total of 16 industrial categories (agriculture, mining, food, fiber, pulp, chemical, coal and petrol, cement, steel, metal, non‐ferrous metals, construction, energy supply, transport, service, and commercial) were considered, using data from the national physical distribution census, the national and prefectural input‐output tables, and the comprehensive energy statistics for Japan in 1995. The objective environmental load items were carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, sulfuric oxide, and suspended particulate matter emissions.

The regions included all 47 Japanese prefectures and the data for each prefecture considered 16 industrial categories based on the national physical distribution census and national input‐output tables for 1995. The ratio of the primary energy supply to the total material input for service industries ranged from 0.1 to 0.5 TOE/10³ ton for the 47 prefectures.

Not all the variations in these sustainability indicators have yet been examined and there are probably other complicated relationships between sustainability and regional or industrial characteristics. More effort needs to be put into estimating eco‐efficiency or eco‐intensity, considering recycled energy or material utilization in order to develop a practical method of evaluating regional or industrial sustainability.

Several life cycle approaches used to quantify environmental efficiency related to energy and material flows were investigated as applications of life cycle tools in emerging markets, including the service industry and public sector.

The novelty of the investigation lies in analyzing detailed energy flow characteristics and in combining energy flow and material flow. Another objective of this paper is to present a current case‐study experience in one type of eco‐intensity analysis for Japanese service industries.

After three decades of reform and opening up, China’s economy has experienced huge changes. Against the background of economic globalization, foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role in China’s economy. China has become one of the world’s largest FDI inflow countries, which has had an important impact on its economic development. FDI has preferred the industrial sector, which also has serious environmental pollution. This study will consider vertical and horizontal FDI location choice theory and conduct theoretical analysis concerning the FDI location choice within the industrial sectors, as well as empirical analysis to test the distribution of FDI in pollution-intense industries. Furthermore, the “Catalog of Industries for Foreign Investment” is one of China’s important industrial policies to guide foreign investment. Since being implemented in 1995, it has made five adjustments. The analysis of the distribution of FDI in the polluting industries and the impact of the change process will provide advice instructive for the government to amend the catalog.

Whilst the number of firms specialising in anti‐corrosion treatment represented only a small percentage of the exhibitors at Olympia, London, last month, it was significant that by such factors as design, choice of metals and the use of corrosion‐resistant plastics, the importance of corrosion is assuming its rightful place in the mind of the engineer.