To celebrate this special occasion The Laboratory staff suprised him with his own personalised cake and a heap of presents and as you can see from the photo below he was extremely pleased with his 'I Love the Assay Office' tee shirt!! Happy Birthday Dippal, have a great day from all the team!

Thank you to all those who came to the Public Consultation today to view the plans for the NEW Birmingham Assay Office. The "GateWay" project design team were able to show plans and a 3D simulation of the new building's aspects as well as explain the plans in more detail on a one to one basis.

Chromium VI is not used within the leather tanning process, but its presence may occur by oxidation of chromium III due to a variety of reasons. For example oxidation of chromium III can occur with extremely high pH or temperature or if chrome powder is sourced from a non-reputable supply then there is a possibility that it may contain chrome VI as an impurity. Chromium VI is currently under public consideration for inclusion in the REACH regulations whereby its presence in leather would …