Category: Tech

Haroon Mallana is a name synonymous with excellence in the field of Information Technology. With vast experience in the IT industry, he has shown remarkable skills in managing and leading new organizations. With his exceptional skills and expertise, he has successfully planned and implemented different IT-related projects and programs.

Haroon’s experience in administration and senior level management has been instrumental in leading and managing IT-related projects. He has shown great skills in strategic planning, leadership, and management in the IT field. He has been a valuable asset to the Punjab Information Technology Board’s program e-Rozgaar, where he controlled management and supervised operations and maintenance.

Mallana has also been involved in building government relations, media projection, planning, and implementation at different levels. He has played a pivotal role in promoting and implementing public-private partnership programs in Southern Punjab, including e-Rozgaar, Plan9, e-Earn, and NFTP. His dedication to developing the less developed areas of Southern Punjab has made him a social activist.

In 2021, Haroon Mallana joined The Islamia University of Bahawalpur as an Assistant Director IT, where he continues to contribute to the development of the IT field. His extensive experience and knowledge make him a valuable member of the team. With his impressive track record, he is expected to make significant contributions to the university’s IT department.

Haroon Mallana’s expertise in IT and his passion for social activism have made him an exceptional leader. He has worked tirelessly to bridge the gap between the developed and less developed areas of the country. His experience in leading IT-related projects has helped many organizations achieve their goals.

Haroon Mallana is a Tech-Gem, Startup Planner, and Social Activist who has made significant contributions to the IT industry. His vast experience, exceptional skills, and dedication to social activism have made him a valuable asset to any organization he has worked for. His work in promoting and implementing public-private partnership programs in Southern Punjab has helped bridge the gap between the developed and less developed areas of the country. His recent appointment at The Islamia University of Bahawalpur is a testament to his expertise and leadership skills in the field of IT.

Apart from his other roles and contributions, Haroon Mallana has also played a significant role as a core team member of the Digital South Punjab event. This event was aimed at promoting the use of digital technology in the less developed areas of Southern Punjab. Mallana’s extensive experience in the IT field made him a valuable member of the core team that organized and managed the event.

As a core team member, Mallana was responsible for planning and implementing different aspects of the event. He played a pivotal role in selecting and inviting speakers, arranging logistics, and managing the event’s overall operations. His experience in event management and coordination was vital to the success of the Digital South Punjab event.
The event was a huge success, with many IT experts and enthusiasts participating and sharing their knowledge and expertise. The event helped raise awareness about the importance of digital technology and its potential in the less developed areas of Southern Punjab. The event also provided a platform for networking and collaboration among IT professionals and organizations.

Earlier this month, a reporter from Business Edge (Ontario edition) was pondering investment advice he might receive over a fantasy lunch with different financial gurus, such as Warren Buffet, Jim Dines and Eric Sprott. He said of Eric Sprott, “You’d be hard pressed to find a savvier market player than Canadian money manager Eric Sprott – anywhere.” Because the reporter was appraising the dollar value of an auctioned “charity lunch” with an investment guru, he embellished upon his witticism, “This lunch could be worth a mint if Sprott were to let you in on the next big thing. In recent years, the CEO of Toronto-based Sprott Asset Management has been consistently ahead of the street.”

And what might this secret tip be? Perhaps molybdenum could become the next big thing. We talked with Maria Smirnova, a Sprott Asset Management Research Associate, who spoke positively of the metal, “I think the key to the molybdenum story is its wide-reaching applicability, especially in the energy sector.” She added, “This specialty metal is used in oil and natural gas pipelines, hydrocarbon desulphurization, oil drill rigs, pollution control equipment and nuclear energy applications.” Energy bulls, perhaps even the Sprott team which has bet heavily on the energy sector and invested in two molybdenum juniors, believe the world will need more “moly” during this commodities boom.

“It’s not sexy or glamorous,” Raymond James’ (Canada) uranium analyst Bart Jaworski told us during a telephone chat a few months ago, “and besides it’s dominated by the Chinese.” Well yes, that is true, but isn’t the uranium price also being driven higher by Chinese stockpiling? Another drawback for the metal, as Maria Smirnova, pointed out during a recent phone conversation, is that many can’t even pronounce ‘molybdenum.’ So, they call it ‘moly’ for short, as if this specialty metal belonged in the lyrics of Little Richard (Good Golly, Miss Molly).

According to the International Molybdenum Associations (IMOA), nearly 80 percent of the moly demand comes about for the manufacturing of tools, high speed steel, stainless steel and low alloy steel. Since World War I, moly has become a lower cost replacement for tungsten in hard and impact-resistant steels. It was first used as an alloying element in the production of Molybdenum Plate.

Molybdenum commodity specialist Michael J. Magyar describes molybdenum’s properties and uses in the United States Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook, “Molybdenum is a refractory metallic element used principally as an alloying agent in cast iron, steel, and super alloys to enhance hardenability, strength, toughness, and wear- and corrosion-resistance. To achieve desired metallurgical properties, molybdenum … is frequently used in combination with or added to chromium, columbium, manganese, nickel, tungsten or other alloy metals.”

Exploration for new sources of oil has led to the development of deep drilling The very deep reservoirs are often contaminated with corrosive sulphides, brines and carbon dioxide. Moly is the most sulphide stress cracking resistance low alloy steel available for use in sour wells. As service conditions deteriorate, oil companies are turning to higher molybdenum stainless steels (with 13 – 16 percent moly content) to manage the unfavorable elements at those depths.

Sixty percent of molybdenum consumption is used for stainless steels, super alloys or lower alloy steel. An example is a popular form of stainless steel called S31600 (Type 316), containing three to four percent Moly). This type of stainless steel was used to clad the exterior of tallest building in the world – the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, London’s Canary Wharf and in many other architectural applications in marine coastal environments.

According to the IMOA, “The most corrosion resistant stainless steels contain 6 to 7.3 percent molybdenum. These grades are used for power plant condensers, offshore piping, and critical components in nuclear power plants such as service water piping. In 1996, 6 percent moly stainless steels were selected for the absorber towers of more than twenty flue gas desulphurization scrubbers being installed in coal-burning power plants in South Korea.”

Molybdenum-based catalysts are growing. The oil industry has been using moly to remove sulphur from the compounds usually found in crude oil. As petroleum production turns to higher sulphur crude oil, they will require more molybdenum-based catalysts. Others plan to use moly in liquefying coal. True, this consumption remains early days. But, in early February, China Oil News reported China plans to spend $15 billion to build coal liquefaction plants in that country. China hopes to draw from its enormous coal deposits for conversion into oil products, using molybdenum-based catalysts.

For those who are venturing into production line business, the most common issue among these business owners has to bear high overhead cost as a result of purchasing CNC (Compute Numerical Control) milling machines and recruiting machine specialists in order to manufacture specific components. The profitability of their manufacturing business is depends on several factors including the quality of the parts produced, total of the parts produced by the given time period and many more.

In most cases, many manufacturers have identified their limitations in performing CNC mass manufacturing operations and they will normally outsource such machining operations to other job shops which offer affordable milling services.

Let’s us look at the benefits of a CNC milling service has to offer to clients (mainly manufacturers):

1. Performing high precision milling operations

Most job shops have their own CNC machine centers which are capable to perform sophisticated parts production tasks. Depends on the size of their market, these job shops are able to perform repetitive milling operations on a regular basis with fast turnaround time. If you are looking for a reliable job shop which has quality assurance, be sure to look at their portfolio or their samples before you start purchasing their service product.

2. Able to work on your design to produce parts accordingly

When it comes to branding, you need to ensure that have a product, model or a component that is distinctively different that your competitors. Hence, these job shops usually have specialists who are able to convert your designs (as in CAD designs) into workable components. They will hold a discussion with their clients in advance, before they can really start working on your CNC milling operations.

3. Save production/operation human labor cost

As outsourcing is a conventional method to boost creativity and productivity of one’s business, it is also a perfect method in saving your product and recruiting costs as well as to maximize your Return on Investment (or commonly known as ROI). In order to minimize any possible risks that could affect your business, it is preferred that you should minimize your overhead cost.

This can explains when successful manufacturers are reducing labor cost as they do not need to hire and train their employees to operate CNC milling machines. Instead, they would rather assign such CNC machining operations to job shops which are capable to deliver components to them punctually as requested.

4. Performing additional services

Most CNC milling service providers offer other CNC machining solutions to their clients including CNC turning and spark erosion; as well as specific treatments such as hardening, plating, anodizing and power coating. You can save time on finding other CNC service providers to perform specific machining tasks as most of the service providers offer all-in-one solution (or multi-tasking solution) for their clients.

In order to find one suitable CNC milling service provider that can perform complex parts production on your behalf, be sure that you find out the best deal for such CNC machining service by reviewing quotations from various CNC service providers.