New environmentally conscious thinking is also very costly for the metal industry. Metal producers, from miners to smelters, are faced with increasingly strict and expensive environmental requirements imposed by banks in search of cleaner investments. While the switch can prove insurmountable for smaller producers, large companies have a long window of opportunity [...]
Rare earths have become an integral part of our everyday lives. They are used in high-tech products as well as in the automotive industry, wind turbines and photovoltaics. The fabrics have extraordinary properties. Europium, for example, is used to produce the red dye in LCD screens. Neodymium enables the production of large permanent magnets that are built into wind turbines. [...]