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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...
Recycled copper and aluminum raw material imports get a break to go green. Chinese import tariffs on certain recycled copper and aluminum raw materials will be reduced effective Jan. 1, the government said last weekend. Lower provisional tariffs will also be implemented for ethane, cycloolefin polymers and ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers, which are basic materials used by the petrochemical industry. "These tariff cuts will effectively reduce the production costs of...
New projects and innovations strengthen U.S. nuclear energy for the future. With a series of significant advancements and strategic investments, 2024 is shaping up to be a defining year for the U.S. nuclear sector as the momentum built over the past few years continues with the activation of new reactors and substantial efforts in securing a domestic fuel supply. These developments highlight the growing role of nuclear power as a crucial component of the nation's clean energy...
Along with BlueScope and Woodside Energy, Western Australia iron ore is on its way to being a world leader when it comes to low-carbon. In the first partnership between Rio Tinto and BHP on a downstream project, the two top iron ore miners and BlueScope, Australia's biggest steelmaker, are teaming up to construct the country's largest groundbreaking low-carbon electric smelting furnace (ESF) at a facility in the Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Perth. The ESF will process...
Los Alamos National Lab blasts runaway electrons with tungsten particles to prevent fusion damage. Harnessing the energy of stars is no simple feat – scientists have been "20 years away" from the successful attainment of sustained nuclear fusion for more than five decades. A Los Alamos National Laboratory discovery that utilizes a "tungsten shotgun" to neutralize destructive instability in fusion reactors may be the key to finally hitting that moving target, bringing the p...
From enhancing virtual reality to controlling tiny scientific samples, dynamic rippling movement manipulates objects magnetically. In science fiction, magnetism has been used to manipulate all manner of materials without touching them, from flying vehicle suspension to containing spheres of antimatter. Meanwhile, a seemingly unrelated long-standing design challenge is communication through touch, a key missing technology in accessibility. There has been a growing demand for...
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...
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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...
