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Articles from the October 14, 2020 edition


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  • Lithium ion batteries in Tesla Powerwall EV need nickel and cobalt

    US invests $25M in Brazilian Nickel mine

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    A week after President Donald Trump declared America's heavy reliance on adversarial nations for critical minerals a national emergency, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation invested US$25 million towards development of the Piauí nickel-cobalt mine project in northeastern Brazil. This investment is expected to fund further developments that will help create jobs in one of the poorest regions of Brazil while providing a new source of battery metals vital to...

  • Rare earth elements REEs lanthanides periodic table

    Rise of a world class rare earths project

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Appia Energy Corp.'s Alces Lake project in Saskatchewan hosts some of the highest rare earth element grades ever discovered and the Toronto-based exploration company is now investigating just how large this potentially world-class rare earths deposit is. While a resource has yet to be calculated for the high-grade zones discovered in recent years at Alces Lake, drill intercepts of 15.6 meters averaging 16.1% total rare earth oxides and 2.7 meters of 31% TREO indicate the proje...

  • Artificial Intelligence AI mineral exploration Keno Hill Silver Yukon

    GoldSpot AI explores Yukon's Keno Hill

    A.J. Roan, For Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Metallic Minerals Corp. is applying GoldSpot Discoveries Corp.'s proprietary machine learning technology and geoscience expertise to help refine drill targets at its Keno Silver project in Canada's Yukon Territory. In recent months, GoldSpot has collaborated with a wide variety of exploration and mining companies with projects around the globe by applying cutting edge artificial intelligence algorithms. "GoldSpot's innovative AI techniques are particularly relevant to our...

  • Black graphene ink in glass of water Zen virucidal formula

    Zen Graphene expands antiviral ink lab

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    With growing commercial interest in its coronavirus killing graphene-based ink, Zen Graphene Solutions Ltd. has expanded the laboratory and office space needed to meet demand. In September, the Ontario-based graphene technology company announced that independent lab testing shows that its patent pending graphene infused ink is 99% effective at killing the virus responsible for COVID-19. While non-treated masks and protective equipment can be effective at trapping viruses...

  • Underground mining internet of thing IoT ventilation devices

    Maestro launches mine IoT monitoring tool

    A.J. Roan, For Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 10, 2022

    Canada-based Maestro Digital Mine launches MaestroLink, a server software tool for managing health conditions for all Maestro-based digital industrial internet of things devices and networks for the underground mining sector. "Maestro is known for its industrial internet of things devices used for ventilation monitoring and controls as well as last mile digital networks for the underground mining sector," said Maestro Digital Mine President and CEO Michael Gribbons. Maestro...