Australian mining corporations for rare earths are pressing for development agreements to counter China
Australia has a host of new projects that will soon enter production status. Hastings Technology and Northern Minerals are close to new deals According to scientists, projects are expected to start no later than 2023 22.07.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX - MELBOURNE, Rare Earth Explorer in Australia are close to signing contracts with new customers who would drive their projects forward because [...]
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Clean and effective recycling of electronic waste
A photograph of the plasma discharge at t = 0 seconds. Taken with a color high-speed camera, this image shows the pulse discharge effect on the metal (Al) layer (blue color) as well as its effect on the plastic layer (orange color). [Image details] CREDIT: Prof. Hamid Hosano USAGE RESTRICTIONS: Reprinted from Waste Management, vol. [...]
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A solar star is born: GE and Blackrock form a new solar power plant
Image source: GE Reports 22.07.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX - GE and BlackRock, the giant investment firm with trillions of trillions of assets under management, have agreed to build a new powerhouse for the solar industry. As Distributed Solar Development, the company will design, build, own and operate distributed solar and storage solutions for customers. The new company will build on the foundation of the solar business of [...]
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Ultra flexible textile lithium battery for wearables
Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) developed a highly flexible and high-energy textile lithium battery that provides a more stable, longer-lasting and safer power supply for wearable electronics with a wide variety of uses, such as medicine, 'smart' textiles, Smartphones, GPS and IoT. Professor Zheng Zijian heads the research team of the "Institute of Textiles and Clothing" at PolyU [...]
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Strong signal for location and region: thyssenkrupp is investing in a new state-of-the-art processing plant in Andernach
New system ensures competitiveness for refined, high-quality packaging steel. Investment in the low three-digit million range Source: ThyssenKrupp Thyssenkrupp has released the investment funds to build a new, state-of-the-art processing plant for packaging steel at the Andernach site. This creates the necessary technical prerequisites for a new process for the production of chrome-plated surfaces on packaging steel. At the same time, the [...]
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Chinese mining in the Himalayas could lead to a military conflict with India
Jul 18.07.2019, 60 - China has started large-scale mining operations on its side of the controversial border with India in the Himalayas, which has uncovered a vast treasure trove of gold, silver and other valuable minerals valued by Chinese state geologists at nearly $ XNUMX billion has been. Although in the highest mountain range in the world for thousands of years [...]
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Lynas and Blue Line Corp Sign Letter of Intent for Rare Earth Separation Capacity in the US
17.07.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX - Australian Lynas Corporation Limited and Texan Blue Line Corporation are pleased to announce the signing of a letter of intent for a joint venture. The goal is to develop and expand the rare earth separation capacity in the United States. Lynas is the largest producer of rare earth materials outside of China and has a [...]
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China trades in rare earth exports to reduce trade pressure with the United States
Jul 17.07.2019, XNUMX - The China National Development and Reform Commission held its regular press conference earlier this week, at which it highlighted the importance of the rare earth industry and outlined possible industrial development strategies in this regard, which will be published later. It was also mentioned that in the context of the Sino-US trade crisis, China was critical of trade pressures from countries
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Trade war with China: Pentagon wants to secure supply of rare earths
According to an internal report, the Pentagon has examined US mining companies for their production capacities of rare earth metals. This came after Beijing signaled that it wanted to restrict exports of rare earth metals in the trade war with Washington. The U.S. military has asked mining companies to develop plans to develop domestic rare earth mines and processing facilities. This emerges from an exclusive report that [...]
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SVOLT introduces cobalt-free lithium-ion battery cell
The battery cell manufacturer SVOLT Energy Technology, which emerged from the Chinese car maker Great Wall, has presented its cobalt-free lithium-ion battery cell (NMx) and the four-element lithium-ion battery cell (NCMA) for the first time. According to the company, the cobalt-free NMx cell from the aspiring battery manufacturer is in no way inferior to the performance of an NCM-811 cell. At the same time, the material costs should be reduced by 5 to 15 percent and the unit costs of the cells by up to [...]
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