Astra Resources plc (
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9AR is a UK-based mining company, the parent of Astra Mining, a producer of raw materials related to the
steel industry, including
iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the ...
,
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as stratum, rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other Chemical element, elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen ...
,
gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile ...
and other materials.
This company is now known as Incept Holdings, registered in Hong Kong. Refer to companies House UK for further information.
Astra Resources plc was dissolved in Jan 2019
T-Steel
The firm's largest asset is its 45% share in the intellectual property of T-Steel. The basic product is a combination of highly specialized processes and alloying technologies invented over 30 years ago in Hungary. The technology is based on the modification of the metallurgical properties of steel at a molecular level. The result is a product that Astra claims is stronger, less expensive, and uses less raw materials to make than conventional steel. As of February 2011, Astra Resources's 45% IP stake in the T-Steel technology was reported to be worth $2.01 billion euros.
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.astraresources.co.uk/
ASIC Takes Action Against Astra Resources*
Mining companies of Australia
Iron ore mining companies
Steel companies of Australia