USA on the long road to independence from China
The US is having a hard time breaking its dependence on Chinese rare earths The US Department of Defense has just promised to finance two rare earth separation facilities on US soil. It's a small step towards the Trump administration's stated goal of breaking the country's reliance on Chinese supplies of critical minerals. But the direct [...]
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Rio Tinto starts producing lithium in California from old mining waste.
Rio Tinto begins producing lithium in California from old mining waste. The Rio Tinto Group is starting a pilot production of lithium in California, searching old mining debris rather than exploring new locations as the battery revolution in electric cars drives demand for the material. The reprocessing of garbage dumps from a 90-year-old mining site in the [...]
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FYI makes the first tours of the newly built pilot plant with key customers and investors
FYI takes the first guided tours through the newly built pilot plant with the most important customers and investors. Highlights FYI Resources conducts tours of pilot plants for strategic groups. Tours serve as a unique opportunity for HPA market participants and industry representatives. Participants include national and international HPA end users and commodity traders, project investors and financiers, government officials and the media. FYI Resources Ltd [...]
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FYI'S HPA PILOT SYSTEM STARTS WITH SAMPLE PRODUCTION
FYI'S HPA PILOT PLANT STARTS WITH SAMPLE PRODUCTION Key points The HPA pilot plant from FYI starts production today after it has been successfully commissioned. The pilot plant operation replicates the planned HPA process flow diagram. The operational performance and the final results of the plant are used to check the process flow plan and the costs. The data obtained are also used to support the results of the technical planning before the feasibility stage [...]
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China's control over a variety of critical metals is a thorn in the side of the US
According to its constitution, the People's Republic of China is "under the democratic dictatorship of the people" but has been ruled authoritarian by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 1949. China has been economically dynamic for many years. On the basis of its reform and opening policy, China developed into an economic and technological superpower beginning in 1978. Of the […]
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The Chilean government vows against expropriation of the country's lithium deposits
Chilean government votes against expropriation of the country's lithium deposits Chilean lawmakers have opposed a bill that opposes the expropriation of private companies involved in lithium mining in the country. This would have left the state the opportunity to take over companies such as Albemarle and SQM, which are the largest manufacturers of battery metals in the world. The Special Committee of the [...]
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Volkswagen installs up to 2025 4.000 EV charging stations in Germany
August 26.08.2019, 250 - Volkswagen is investing around 2025 million euros in expanding the charging infrastructure at its European locations, the company said in a press release. New Delhi: Volkswagen plans to install around 4.000 charging stations for electric vehicles by 36.000 in its German plans. In addition, the group is working with dealers to provide around XNUMX new charging stations across Europe. [...]
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New study by e-mobil BW reveals solutions for the raw material problem of electromobility
“We have to make the raw material upstream chains more sustainable for all technologies” The new study by e-mobil BW for the raw material requirements of battery-electric and fuel-cell electric vehicles has shown that the elements lithium, cobalt, platinum, nickel, the rare earth metals and copper due to their expected Significance for electric vehicles and their limited availability and substitutability should be classified as critical. Only with available, [...]
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Can the metal supply keep up with the demand for electric vehicles?
Battery raw materials could suffer from supply bottlenecks in the mid-2020s There is a complex chemistry of metals in every electric vehicle battery - cobalt, lithium, nickel and more. The electrification of transport is changing the demand and supply of these battery raw materials. In fact, we expect double-digit growth in battery raw materials for the next decade. And our recent research suggests [...]
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Exports of rare earths declined by 27% in June, which may affect US manufacturing
Jul 25.07.2019, 3.966 - China exported 26,8 tons of rare earths in June, a decrease of XNUMX percent compared to the previous year. This emerges from data released Tuesday by the General Administration of Customs (GAC). Analysts said the reduced exports would put pressure on the US and could affect a wide range of US manufacturing industries [...]
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