Glencore Semi-Annual Report 2019
Highlights Glencore's Chief Executive Officer Ivan Glasenberg stated, “Our performance in the first half reflected a challenging economic environment for our raw material mix, as well as operating and cost reductions in our start-up / development assets. Adjusted EBITDA decreased 32% to $ 5,6 billion. “The rest of our business, however, stayed strong and performed well. Without [...]
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Can the Silk Route and New Road Plans Counter Trade War in China's Northeastern Ports?
The region around the rust belt is concentrating on attracting more companies from Japan and South Korea to the use of the subsidized sea-to-rail service, a signature of the Belt and Road Initiative Liaoning, whose fourth largest export market is the USA, wants over the port of Dalian establish connections to Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia The ports in the north-east of China [...]
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12. ABAA - Advanced lithium-ion batteries for automotive applications
Registration deadline: August 11, 2019 International experts meet at the 12th ABAA in Ulm July 31, 2019 Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) The world's leading experts for batteries will meet from 6 to 9 September October in Ulm. At the 12th Advanced Lithium Batteries for Automobile Applications (ABAA 12) you will be informed about the latest [...]
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Kick-off of the SUSMAGPRO project in Pforzheim
Revolutionizing the recycling of permanent magnets August 1.08.2019, 2019 - In June 2020 the first phase of a four-year EU-funded research and innovation project began with a kick-off event in Pforzheim. The SUSMAGPRO project (full title: Sustainable recovery, recycling and reuse of rare earth magnets in a circular economy) is funded by the European Commission through the Horizon 19 program. XNUMX project partners are involved in this [...]
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Underground membrane plant enables ecological extraction of high-tech elements for the industry
August 1.08.2019, 142 - The Audi Environmental Foundation is funding a research project for the extraction and processing of the high-tech elements indium and germanium at the Technical University of Freiberg. The focus of the project is a newly installed membrane system in the TU research and teaching mine. The plant, which is set up at a depth of XNUMXm, is connected to a leaching section. On this [...]
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Lynas blames the US-Chinese trade war for uncertainties in the rare earth market
Jul 30.07.2019, XNUMX - Australian Lynas Corp (ASX: LYC) reported a decline in sales and production of rare earths on Monday due to ongoing trade tensions between China and the United States. Lynas, the world's largest rare earth mining company outside of China, announced that, in the face of volatile market conditions, production of neodymium and praseodymium will continue […]
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XNRGI has developed the first lithium metal battery on the basis of porous silicon chips.
XNRGI's 15 issued patents, 13 applications, and 6 patent declarations were funded over a 15-year period with an investment of more than $ 80 million by Intel, Motorola, Energizer, the United States Navy, and the Argonne National Laboratory / United States Department of Energy States developed. Among other things, grants from the Energy Ministry for prefabrication and [...]
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Bolivia's agreement with major powers, the start of Bolivia in the world
Jul 26.07.2019, XNUMX - Important agreements with major powers such as Russia, China, India and Germany in connection with the industrialization of lithium and petroleum products bring Bolivia to the international stage today, said economic analyst Miguel Angel Marañón. Since the natural gas industry was successfully nationalized after Evo Morales took over government, government revenues have increased significantly. At the same time, the [...]
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Sweden relies on South American resources to ensure lithium supply
Jul 26.07.2019, XNUMX - The Swedish government also warned of China's growing dominance in the ore market. Sweden has Peru and other countries with large lithium reserves in South America in view of a global race in which the industrialized nations want to ensure the supply of batteries for electric vehicles. The Vice Foreign Minister, Johansson, of the Scandinavian country who visited Peru last month said [...]
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ISE Fact sheet 2019 Rare earths - important resources for high technology
ISE Fact sheet 2019 Rare earths - important resources for high technology High-tech and environmental applications of rare earth elements (rare earths) have dramatically increased in diversity and importance over the past four decades. Many of these applications are highly specific, since the substitutes for the rare earths are inferior or unknown, the rare earths have acquired a technological importance, [...]
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