ISE Newsletter December 2020
ISE Newsletter Scroll down for information in English Contents: We are looking for min. 500kg copper powder min. 99,999x% investing in rare earths and metals Summary: We are searching for ultra dispersive copper powder Investing in rare earth elements and strategic metals Scroll down for information in English Dear ISE customers, a well-known ISE customer is looking for [...]
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Deporia - Investing in Rare Earths and Critical Metals
Investing in Rare Earths and Critical Metals The Institute for Rare Earths and Strategic Metals (ISE) has been following the idea of Deporia since 2018, as we were called in from the start to bring in our knowledge of the raw material markets. The idea was to invest in rare earths and strategic metals on the bare essentials [...]
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Aluminum manufacturers are going green and may risk shutting down the market.
Aluminum manufacturers are going green and may risk shutting down the market. Tesla orders huge aluminum casting presses for its assembly line in Germany. The "Gigapress" is the size of a small house and with a single module it will replace around 70 parts that are currently being glued and riveted into the car's chassis. Aluminum is one of the materials of choice for [...]
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Extraction of rare earths from mine water
Scientists find an efficient way of extracting rare earths from acidic mine water. Penn State University researchers developed a two-step treatment process for acid mine drainage that enabled them to extract higher concentrations of rare earth elements with lower amounts of chemicals than before. In an article published in the Chemical Engineering Journal, the [...]
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Dysprosium Oxide price remains stable in May 2020
Dysprosium Oxide Price Remains Stable Even In May 2020 ISE May 05, 2020 - At present, the general prices for Chinese Dysprosium Oxide remain 99,5% min at RMB1.770-1.790 / kg (USD250-253 / kg) EXW D / P, unchanged from the previous week. The main suppliers even quote 1.800 RMB / kg (254 USD / kg) and have no intention of selling below 1.780 RMB / kg (251 USD / kg). Most […]
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Erbium oxides without movement
Erbium Oxide prices remain very low 05.05.2020/99,5/21,5 ISE - The European market for erbium oxide 22,5% min experienced subdued demand last week due to the wait-and-see attitude of buyers. The usual prices of the raw material in the Rotterdam warehouse are currently at XNUMX-XNUMX USD / kg, with no major changes compared to last week. Supported by constant manufacturing costs [...]
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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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A new environmental thinking is also very expensive for the metal industry
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 [...]
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ISE - Manufacture of ultra-fine electrolytic copper powder and cobalt powder
Production of very fine electrolytic metal powders Using the example of electrolytically produced cobalt powder, nickel powder and copper powder. Soluble and insoluble anodes connected to separate power sources are used to control the dissolution of the soluble anode during the electrolysis process and the concentration of metal ions in solution by correcting the ratio of the anode strengths of the current of the soluble and insoluble [...]
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ISE - Rare Earth Elements Market Report for September 2019
ISE - Rare Earth Elements Market Report for September 2019 The REE market is recovering, the industry report assumes that the prices for REE will continue to rise in the second half of the year. On September 20, 2019, the report of the China Rare Earth Industry Index (hereinafter referred to as "the report"), which was jointly published by the China Economic [...]
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