Hardmetal processing

As is becoming a tradition, EPMA's 2016 Congress in Hamburg, doubling as the World Congress, gave pride of place to hardmetals. Lead-in subject was hardmetal processing, taking two complete sessions for the oral presentations. Omitting only two papers (one because of its similarity to another which I've recently reviewed, and the other because it's not about hardmetals but a related subject). I've tried to present and discuss some of the key pointers in these important conference sessions.