International coverage of the science and practice of powder metallurgy. As well as refereed research and review papers, it includes industrial news and feature articles monitoring technical and commercial developments in the PM industry world-wide. In depth conference coverage and information on forthcoming events are also part of the current awareness role of this leading journal. As the designated European Powder Metallurgy Association, the journal carries regular EPMA news. Subjects covered in recent issues: Hot work tool steel composites produced by hipping; Sintering, microstructure and properties of submicrometre cemented carbides; Determination of O content in metal powders: round robin tests on Co and Ni; Modelling microstructure development in spray forming; Development of elastic die for powder pressing of aluminium metal matrix composites; Electroplating of porous PM components; Coordination number-density relationships for random packing of spherical powders; Hot rolling of copper strip.