Öko-Institut calls for recycling system for rare earths
Whenever a hard drive or DVD player ends up in the garbage in Germany, rare earth metals are lost. This waste is unacceptable for the Öko-Institut. It calls for a recycling system for the expensive raw material. A small hard drive from Toshiba: Rare earths are often found in the high-performance magnets of the small motors. When scrapping, [...]
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Coveted raw materials discovered in the Alps
Rare earths are among the world's most sought-after raw materials. In the Valais Binntal, three hobby researchers have found a large number of minerals. The mineral collectors have known the Knight Pass in the Binntal for a long time. It is one of the most famous find areas in Switzerland. Now three amateur mineralogists have made a startling discovery. Ate van der Burgt, Mischa Crumbach and Stéphane Cuchet are in [...]
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Rare earth clean and cheap?
08.07.2014/2/XNUMX - Kevin Bullis The start-up Infinium wants to make COXNUMX-intensive processes in metal production more environmentally friendly. In a laboratory building across from a yoga studio in an office park in Natick, near Boston, Adam Powell holds up a shiny white ceramic tube. This is the key to manufacturing much-used metals much cheaper and, above all, more ecologically, he says. Powell [...]
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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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A hard to break monopoly
BY Felix Lee MAY 13, 2014 AT 13:57 PM The West's dependence on China is difficult to reduce in some areas. This is clearly visible in the example of rare earths: China announced in 2011 that it would significantly reduce exports of raw materials. The People's Republic, which at the time made up more than 95 percent of the global demand for [...]
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Recycling the next generation
Press release April 23.4.2014, 70 Around 1970 billion tons of raw materials are extracted worldwide every year. That is twice as much as in the late XNUMXs. The trend is still increasing - and with finite resources. One way of ensuring that enough materials are available for new goods in the future is consistent recycling. In the “Molecular Sorting” project after tomorrow, Fraunhofer researchers are working on the circular economy of the [...]
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China announces its decision to appeal against the rare earth WTO ruling
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced on April 17 that it would appeal the rare earths WTO ruling. “We will make every effort to appeal. Regardless of the outcome of the appeal, China’s policy goals regarding the protection of the environment and resources will not change. We will continue to manage the extractive industry [...]
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Invitation to the presentation by Commerce Resources Corp. and Mr. Mikael of Naukhoff
Invitation to a lecture by Commerce Resources Corp. and Mr. Mikael von Naukhoff Dear Sir or Madam, We look forward to seeing you at the presentation by Commerce Resources Corp. and Mr. Mikael von Naukhoff on Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 at 12:00 noon in the Breidenbacher Hof. Address: Breidenbacher Hof a Capella Hotel Theodor-Körner-Straße 1-7 40212 […]
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CaNickel announces 2012 winter drilling results
CaNickel Announces 2012 Winter Drill Results Vancouver, British Columbia - September 7, 2012 - CaNickel Mining Ltd. ("CaNickel" or the "Company") is pleased to present full drill results from the 2012 winter drill program on the Company's M11A property, a deposit (the "M11A North Deposit") on the Company's Thomson Nickel Belt exploration project in Manitoba. This deposit is located about four kilometers north of the [...]
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CaNickel announces current state of the business activity
CaNickel Announces Current Status of Business 09.07.2012/100/16 Vancouver, British Columbia - CaNickel Mining Ltd. ("CaNickel" or the "Company"), announces that the interruption of work at the Bucko Lake nickel mine, which is wholly owned by the Company (see our press release dated May 2012, XNUMX), has been lifted. However, the company has [...]
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