Tantalum mining and brutal conflict in eastern Congo go hand in hand
Tantalum mining and brutal conflict in eastern Congo go hand in hand For over three decades, a conflict has raged in Central Africa that has rarely made the front pages since the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been very tense for several months. UN observers fear that the region is on the brink of a regional war. […]
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Export controls on gallium and germanium: “China wants to negotiate”
Export controls on gallium and germanium: “China wants to negotiate” The export controls imposed by China on the high-tech elements gallium and germanium in the summer sent the economy into panic. According to a China expert, China only wants to gain room for negotiation in the technology war with this step. Just 430 tons of gallium and around 225 tons of germanium were produced worldwide in 2022. Nonetheless […]
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Auto industry biggest driver for cobalt mining
The automotive industry is the biggest driver of cobalt mining The continuing miserable mining conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are casting a shadow over the otherwise clean image of electromobility. Even if there are now alternatives, cobalt will remain indispensable for electric cars in the medium term. Despite price volatility and sometimes inhumane working conditions, global mining increased to 2021 tons in 175.000, according to The Cobalt Institute. Corresponding […]
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The United States is introducing an online tool to secure access to the world's rare earths
US Introduces Online Tool to Secure Access to the World's Rare Earths The US State Department has launched an online tool to stake America's claims to many of the world's rare earth minerals all in one High-tech variant, which aims to pave the way for emerging countries to certain standards in financing [...]
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FYI makes the first tours of the newly built pilot plant with key customers and investors
FYI takes the first guided tours through the newly built pilot plant with the most important customers and investors. Highlights FYI Resources conducts tours of pilot plants for strategic groups. Tours serve as a unique opportunity for HPA market participants and industry representatives. Participants include national and international HPA end users and commodity traders, project investors and financiers, government officials and the media. FYI Resources Ltd [...]
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FYI'S HPA PILOT SYSTEM STARTS WITH SAMPLE PRODUCTION
FYI'S HPA PILOT PLANT STARTS WITH SAMPLE PRODUCTION Key points The HPA pilot plant from FYI starts production today after it has been successfully commissioned. The pilot plant operation replicates the planned HPA process flow diagram. The operational performance and the final results of the plant are used to check the process flow plan and the costs. The data obtained are also used to support the results of the technical planning before the feasibility stage [...]
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Gallium: China is increasing its influence on the miracle metal as Huawei is working on promising applications beyond 5G
China accounts for 95 percent of the world's supply of the soft, bluish metal. Huawei has filed more than 2.000 patents on gallium nitride applications. 23.07.2019/5/XNUMX - A XNUMXG base station can now be pushed into a housing the size of a shoebox. It is thanks to gallium, a soft, bluish metal that makes this possible. The chipsets, the high-frequency [...]
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Rare earth: Europe wants to become less dependent on China
Last week, a new industry association was founded in Brussels to bring together all players in the supply chain for rare earths. These raw materials are critical to renewable and low carbon technologies. The new association is "the first truly global network" for rare earths and metals, said representatives of the association at a founding event on Wednesday. The group […]
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Researchers can filter rare earths from sewage
German middle class news | December 15.12.14, 21, 33:XNUMX pm Scientists want to recycle valuable substances such as rare earths with the help of algae. To do this, they filter industrial wastewater from spoil heaps. The metal ions of the valuable raw materials dock on the surface of the microalgae. Rare earths are used to manufacture high technology products such as smartphones and tablets. Scientists from the Friedrich Alexander University (FAU) gain the elements [...]
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Rare earths
Greenland Minerals and Energy's Kvanefjeld project in Greenland could one day meet 20 to 30% of the global demand for critical rare earth elements. Greenland is the largest island on earth, belongs geologically to Arctic North America and is politically an autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark. In June 2009 an agreement on extended autonomy came into force. Thereafter [...]
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