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  • Microscopic image of titanium molecules after capturing CO2.

    Revolutionary material for carbon capture

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 21, 2025

    Oregon State unveils titanium molecule for safer, cheaper, and more efficient CO2 capture. In a breakthrough that could revolutionize efforts to combat climate change, researchers at Oregon State University have unveiled a titanium-based molecule capable of capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air, offering a cheaper, safer, and more efficient alternative to existing carbon capture methods, and paving the way for large-scale implementation in the global push for a...

  • Two toy soldiers on drifts of white lithium powder with black background.

    Russia seizes Ukrainian lithium mines

    K. Warner, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 21, 2025

    While most suspect a resource grab for oil and natural gas, undeveloped minerals that could support the green energy transition are also falling under Putin's hand. In July 2021, Ukraine and the European Union (EU) signed a Memorandum on Strategic Partnership in Raw Materials. Such agreements were also signed with Canada that year and with Kazakhstan and Namibia in 2022, with many more to follow as Western democracies have been investing in renewable energy and sustainable...

  • Aerial photo of a massive solar farm with thousands of panels.

    First Solar backs Missouri S&T research

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 21, 2025

    America's solar company endows professorship at university to advance research into securing critical energy materials supply chains. Just days after Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) announced its expanding role in advancing U.S. critical minerals research, America's leading solar company and world's largest producer of solar panels, First Solar, Inc., has entrusted the university with an endowed professorship dedicated to advancing critical energy...

  • U.S. and Norwegian flags flying side by side, symbolizing cooperation.

    U.S., Norway partner for mineral security

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    New NMPP Report outlines strategies to counter disruptions in critical mineral markets, secure supply chains, and advance sustainability. In a landmark initiative to bolster transparency and sustainability in critical mineral markets, a joint report from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries examines the disruptive effects of non-market policies and practices, with a particular focus on vulnerabilities in the supply...

  • A geologist using a rock hammer to break a sample off a mineralized outcrop.

    USGS leverages AI to achieve CriticalMAAS

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    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...

  • Solid-state battery cell above hexagonal grid with silver, blue circuitry.

    Samsung solid-state set for production

    K. Warner, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    Samsung's oxide-based battery with record-busting energy density is on time for mass production this year. In a move to stay ahead in the battery technology race, Samsung launched into solid-state battery chemistry and production research in 2020 with confident targets set, initially projecting the debut of its first prototypes by 2025 and their subsequent integration into electric vehicles by 2027. All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) have a solid electrolyte instead of the liqu...

  • Two top scientists at Missouri S&T laboratory examining experiment.

    Missouri S&T minerals hub to redefine supply

    A.J. Roan, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 20, 2025

    Backed by $28.5 million in federal funding, Missouri S&T's Tech Hub is positioned to transform the U.S. critical minerals supply chain. From pioneering innovative techniques for recovering rare metals from mining waste to shaping the next generation of battery materials and sustainable mining practices, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is solidifying its reputation as a national leader in critical minerals research with the recent announcement of...

  • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vanderberg Space Force Base.

    Saudi Arabian Mining to deploy ExoSphere

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 19, 2025

    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...

  • Firefighters spray foam on a fire at night.

    Forever chemical-free firefighting foams

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jan 16, 2025

    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...