Scandium: From Soviet Secrets to China's Monopoly
Scandium: From Soviet secret to Chinese monopoly Because of the potentially high demand for climate technologies such as the hydrogen industry, the West is trying to produce its own production of the expensive rare earth metal. The aerospace and automotive industries could benefit from a safe and cheap supply of scandium. A week ago the second trilogue meeting on Critical Raw Materials took place in Brussels […]
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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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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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Will tomorrow's battery technology be used today in Formula E?
Will the battery technology of tomorrow be used in Formula E today? On the Monteblanco race track in Spain, behind closed gates and away from the press, some of the world's largest racing teams rolled a new generation of electric cars onto the track for a two-day test. Behind every driver, wrapped in fiberglass, hid the most advanced battery pack [...]
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Presentation of the next generation of synthetic covalent 2D materials
Artificial 2D Materials A team of researchers from the National Graphene Institute at the University of Manchester has developed a new method to synthesize 2D materials that are considered impossible or at least inaccessible with today's technologies. Graphene was the world's first two-dimensional material, which later opened the gates for the isolation of other two-dimensional materials. Graphs and other [...]
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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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Debate on supply-critical raw materials shows growing importance of graphite
Debate about supply-critical raw materials shows growing importance of graphite New Pentagon study speaks of graphite deficit (Mynewsdesk) VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - (Marketwired) - 04/14/15 - - US Senator calls for a change in policy on supply-critical minerals. (Mynewsdesk) VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - (Marketwired) - 04/14/15 - - US Senator calls for a change in policy on minerals that are critical of supply. - Member of the Advisory Board of Graphite One becomes [...]
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EU: list of critical raw materials updated
The European Commission updated the list from 2011 and added six raw materials. Borates, chromium, coking coal, magnesite, phosphate rock and silicon are the names of the critical raw materials that the European Commission has included in its updated list. Tantalum was removed from the 2011 list due to a lower supply risk. The other raw materials on the list [...]
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Zimtu Capital Corp. Announces Investment in Pacific Potash Corp. Acquisition of Brazilian Potash Projects
Zimtu Capital Corp. Announces Participation in Pacific Potash Corp. Acquisition of Brazilian Potash Projects July 26, 2012. Zimtu Capital Corp. (TSX-V: ZC; FSE: ZCT1) (“Zimtu” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has received regulatory approval to acquire all of Moonraker Acquisition Corp.'s issued and outstanding securities. ("Moonraker"), of which Zimtu owns shares, [...]
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The battle for the pole position in graphite mining is opened
The battle for pole position in graphite mining is on 09.07.2012/70/XNUMX Düsseldorf Institute for Rare Earths and Metals eV - With general conditions similar to those for rare earths, numerous junior exploration companies are competing for the best positions in graphite mining. XNUMX% of global graphite production currently comes from China. Through new technologies in [...]
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