The Elements of Innovation Discovered
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Muskogee Oklahoma facility will produce enough battery-grade lithium for 1 million EVs annually. On Jan. 22, Stardust Power Inc. broke ground on its lithium refinery in Muskogee, Okla., marking a critical milestone in the U.S. energy transition and reinforcing Oklahoma's literal and figurative position at the center of the nation's critical mineral supply chains. "Stardust Power's decision to break ground on its lithium refinery in Muskogee is a significant step forward for...
MP Materials begins commercial NdPr metal and early rare earth magnet production in the U.S. With the start of neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) metal production at its Independence plant in Fort Worth, Texas, MP Materials has forged a critical link to an all-American mine-to-magnets rare earth supply chain that connects its Mountain Pass Mine in California to garages, homes, businesses, and industries across the United States. "This milestone marks a major step forward in...
Is working with DARPA and ARPA-E to accelerate nationwide critical mineral resource assessments. Amid the global race to secure minerals needed for clean energy technologies and national security, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is leveraging the transformative abilities of artificial intelligence to analyze and assess the nation's critical mineral resources at a pace and scale never before possible. "Typical mineral resource assessment will take us two years, start to...
Ma'aden to leverage the Fleet Space's satellite-enabled tech to accelerate mineral exploration across the Saudi Shield. Continuing its rocketing growth and the adoption of its cutting-edge mineral exploration technology by some of the world's largest mining companies, Australia-based Fleet Space Technologies has entered into an agreement with the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, or Ma'aden, to deploy its satellite-enabled and AI-enhanced ExoSphere platform to accelerate the...
DOD says new fire suppressant foam enhanced with Alaska graphite is "revolutionizing" firefighting. While Graphite One Inc.'s primary focus is on establishing an all-American supply chain that will provide automakers with an alternative to China for the graphite anode material for electric vehicle batteries, the mining and tech company is also supporting the development of graphite-enhanced fire suppressant foam that safeguards firefighters in the U.S. military and across the...
USA Rare Earths produces first batch of critical REE magnets at its Innovations Lab in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Crossing a major milestone on the path to breaking America's reliance on China for an essential component of electric vehicles, wind turbines, robotics and military technologies, USA Rare Earth LLC (USARE) has produced its first batch of rare earth magnets at its Innovations Lab in Oklahoma. "Our new Innovations Lab, which we will finish building out in the coming month...
Partnering to develop trolley assist for reduced emissions in underground mines. To bring the electric mine of the future one step closer to reality, global mining equipment manufacturer Epiroc and electrification technology leader ABB have joined forces to develop a trolley system to assist ore-laden haul trucks on their climb out of the depths of underground mines. "The decarbonization of mine haulage fleets is becoming increasingly pressing as we look towards 2030...
Invests $45 million for regional Carbon Ore, Rare Earth and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) assessment across the nation. To help break America's reliance on imports for many of the minerals critical to the nation's economy and security, the U.S. Department of Energy is investing $45 million into six regional projects from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest to the Appalachian Mountain region near the Atlantic coast. "Rebuilding a domestic supply chain for critical minerals and...
New Supply Chain Resiliency Initiative aims to break America's reliance on China for minerals essential to transformative technologies. As the Chinese government brandishes its dominance over critical mineral supply chains as a weapon in an escalating trade war with the U.S., the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is equipping critical minerals suppliers outside of the People's Republic of China (PRC) with a powerful new financing tool aimed at leveling the...
Northern Nevada lithium project co-owned by GM now hosts enough reserves for 85 years of mining. Lithium Americas and General Motors' Thacker Pass Mine project in Nevada now hosts enough reserves to supply the lithium needed for the batteries to power more than 250 million electric vehicles over the next 85 years. Lithium America President and CEO Jonathan Evans says a new reserve calculation and supporting technical report detailing the plans for an initial 25 years of...
After eight years of permitting, Perpetua Resources receives major federal authorizations needed to develop Stibnite Mine. "We Did It!" Perpetua Resources Corp.'s three-word response to the U.S. Forest Service's authorization of its plan to build and operate the Stibnite Mine underscores both the significance of this major milestone for gold-antimony project in Idaho and the excitement of finally reaching the finish line after nearly a decade of federal permitting process for...
Innovative mining company explores potential of recovering tech metal from aluminum plant in Quebec; province backs endeavor. In a move that could help fill the gap in supply left by China's ban on exports of gallium to the United States, Rio Tinto is investigating the potential of recovering this high-tech metal needed for computer chip manufacturing from its aluminum operations in Quebec. ''This new research and development project is destined to help strengthen the North Am...
Global investors and mining companies alike are excited about company's tech for mineral exploration on Earth and in space. There are certain moments when a step-change technology is perfectly timed to fill a need that is urgent and growing. Australia-based Fleet Space Technologies' satellite-enabled and AI-enhanced ExoSphere platform for discovering minerals critical to the energy transition is one of those technologies. "As we continue to strive for a net-zero future, the...
Mozambique unrest forces Australian company to declare force majeure at graphite mine backed by the U.S. government. The Biden administration's bet on friendshoring graphite for electric vehicle batteries from a mine in Africa suffered a major blow with Syrah Resources Ltd.'s Dec. 12 declaration of force majeure for its Balama graphite mine in Mozambique and a notice that it will default on more than $250 million in loans from United States government agencies. The...
China export bans underscore lack of national reserves; The Oregon Group points out upsides and downsides to rebuilding stockpiles. Above and beyond exposing America's lack of critical minerals mining and processing, China's ban on the exports of antimony, gallium, and germanium shines a spotlight on the near depletion of national reserves of mined commodities vital to the nation's economy and security. Critical minerals and energy analysts at The Oregon Group point out that...
Metalplant is feeding CO2-absorbing minerals to hyperaccumulating plants at its carbon-negative nickel farm in Albania. A plant with golden flowers and a propensity to draw nickel up from the slopes of the European Alps in northern Albania is combatting climate change on two fronts – absorbing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and providing a sustainable source of a key ingredient in electric vehicles batteries that help prevent CO2 emissions in the first place. "These v...
From space tech-enabled copper exploration in Australia to nuclear fuel made in America, MTN counts down the most popular articles of 2024. Over the past year, Metal Tech News writers delivered more than 500 articles with deep insights into the scientific breakthroughs, mining initiatives, government policies, and market conditions that are shaping the future for technology metals and mining technologies. These articles took readers from material science discoveries in the...
Perpetua and United States Antimony take first step into connecting links in Idaho and Montana. United States Antimony Corp. and Perpetua Resources Corp., companies at the vanguard of breaking America's heavy reliance on imports for antimony, are investigating the potential of integrating their expertise to establish an antimony supply chain in Idaho and Montana. Antimony has long been on the list of minerals deemed critical to the U.S. and is of high strategic importance to...
Buyout of OEM-agnostic autonomous mining tech provider is expected to expand the scope of Sandvik's AutoMine platform. To expand upon the capabilities and compatibility of its already world-leading AutoMine mining automation platform, Sandvik has acquired Universal Field Robots (UFR), a fast-growing Australia-based provider of autonomous interoperable solutions for the surface mining and underground mining markets. In recent years, Sandvik has significantly grown its...
The cutoff of gallium and germanium could send America's GDP plummeting by $3.4 billion; antimony a top concern for the Pentagon. In a move that could deal a multibillion-dollar blow to the American economy and impact the nation's military readiness, China has completely banned the exports of gallium, germanium, antimony, and superhard materials to the United States. Gallium and germanium are essential ingredients for semiconductors used to make computer chips; and antimony...
Intuitive online tool offers investors and policymakers powerful insights into global mineral reserves. A new online mineral reserve analytics tool launched by the Payne Institute for Public Policy (Payne) at the Colorado School of Mines (Mines) offers a surprisingly in-depth look into the current and future supplies of minerals and metals when you consider how intuitive the dashboard is to use and the ease of grasping the data presented with graphs and other visuals. The...
UK scientists create a diamond battery for medical and space applications that lasts thousands of years without needing a charge. From delivering micropower to pacemakers that never miss a beat to space probes that explore our solar system and beyond, a diamond-based battery created by scientists and engineers from the University of Bristol and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) offers a new way to power devices where long-term reliability is essential, and charging is imp...
Global automobile, battery material, and supercapacitor manufacturers are exploring commercial uses for Kansas-made graphene. A flurry of partnerships and purchase orders announced last week by HydroGraph Clean Power Inc. demonstrates graphene's growing commercial applications in the automotive and green energy sectors, as well as the Kansas-based company's rising popularity as a supplier of this wonder material. Made from a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a...
VerAI's mineral discovery tech identifies larger rare earths, gallium potential across US Critical Materials' Sheep Creek project in Montana. The AI-powered mineral exploration technology developed by VerAI Discoveries Inc. has identified the potential for large bodies of high-grade rare earths, gallium, and a suite of other critical minerals ready to be discovered with drilling at US Critical Materials Corp.'s Sheep Creek project in southwestern Montana. Sampling on the...
Partners with Value.Space to use satellites to assess the risks of mine tailings storage facilities. To help safeguard people, environment, and mineral supply chains critical to the clean energy transition, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is collaborating with Value.Space to deploy satellite-based monitoring and risk profiling to strengthen the United Nations' mining safety initiatives. The primary objective of this partnership is to lower the risk...
