Five battery raw materials should be observed in 2020
Battery commodities should be given special attention in 2020. 2019 was a year largely marked by falling prices and disappointing performance in both the EV (electric vehicle) and consumer electronics sectors, according to research firm Wood Mackenzie on Monday. But interest in electrification shows no signs of diminishing. The value chain of a [...]
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Copper outlook 2020 - the supply will be more difficult
The future copper supply will tend to be limited and future copper production will be dominated by these three mines. Challenges for the future copper supply Last year, the senior research analyst of S&P Global Market Finance and Intelligence published a report that states that over the past ten years mining companies have [...]
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Millennium and the mining industry, the impending shortage of battery metals
Millennium and the mining industry, the impending shortage of battery metals - Mining Indaba 2020. In the trend report Tracking the trends 2019 published by Deloitte, the top 10 topics that will change the future of mining, a topic was highlighted that is already known to many in the mining industry becomes - the industry is struggling with a perception problem among younger people, [...]
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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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FYI Resources is about to test run the HPA pilot plant
FYI Resources is about to test run the HPA pilot plant FYI Resources (ASX: FYI; FRA: SDL) intends to start the crucial one-week test run of its HPA pilot production in Western Australia in October. Since only a few tons of raw material from the exploration wells are available for the tests, this test production is being meticulously prepared. Everything is done to ensure that the tests are as meaningful as possible [...]
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Ramu sends the nickel price to 5 annual high in the midst of the narrowest market in ten years.
Ramu sends the nickel price to a five-year high in the middle of the narrowest market in ten years. Expectations of booming demand for electric vehicles have compounded the longer-term bull case for nickel, and a supply crisis following the threat of a major Asian supplier closing down only fueled the fire on Friday. Nickel has increased by 5% since the beginning of the year and [...]
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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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