The Elements of Innovation Discovered
The Elements of Innovation Discovered
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Lithium Nevada receives Department of Defense grant to accelerate the domestic production of battery-grade lithium carbonate. To help meet growing demand for the batteries powering America's energy transition and military hardware, the U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Lithium Nevada Corp., a subsidiary of Lithium Americas Corp., $11.8 million to accelerate the extraction and processing of lithium carbonate at its Thacker Pass mine project in Nevada. "It is critical that...
Underground mineral source coupled with environmentally responsible processing presents sustainable solution for domestic rare earth production. NioCorp Developments Ltd. plans to recycle post-consumer rare earth permanent magnets and produce commercial-grade magnetic rare earth oxides at its proposed Elk Creek critical minerals project in Nebraska. All of the minerals to be produced at Elk Creek are officially designated as critical to the United States and are essential to...
IDTechEx report examines potential of critical materials recovery from EVs to drive a circular economy by 2045. As the automotive industry shifts toward electrification, recycling end-of-life vehicles is becoming an increasingly important source of critical materials, potentially surpassing traditional mining. According to a recent report by IDTechEx, the recovery of valuable metals from electric vehicle batteries and motors is expected to generate over $100 billion annually...
Uranium exploration at Nichols Ranch reveals strong results, potentially leading to a project restart in 2025. Due to stronger-than-expected results from ongoing exploration, Energy Fuels Inc. is advancing plans to restart its Nichols Ranch uranium project in Wyoming in 2025, enabling the company to bolster domestic uranium production for the clean energy transition. Colorado-based Energy Fuels, which operates the White Mesa Mill in Utah, is already the largest U.S. producer o...
Unique nickel mineralization at Baptiste offers an opportunity to significantly expand North America's battery material supply chain. FPX Nickel Corp. is investigating the potential of building a refinery that could make British Columbia a major source of low-carbon nickel needed for stainless steel and lithium-ion batteries. Last year, the company published results from a pre-feasibility study that outlined the economic and engineering parameters for a mine at its Baptiste...
Awards innovative company $4.2 million to recycle the terbium needed for military and industrial applications from fluorescent lights. Toward achieving its mission to establish reliable and secure supplies of minerals critical to national security, the U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Nebraska-based Rare Earth Salts $4.22 million to advance its technology to recover terbium from recycled fluorescent light bulbs. "This award adds a domestic source for one of the most...
After eight years of permitting, U.S. Forest Service issues draft decision for Perpetua's Stibnite Gold project in Idaho. In a move that is being hailed as a win for national security, the economy, and the environment, the U.S. Forest Service says it plans to approve the federal permits needed to develop Stibnite Gold, a mine project in Idaho that will be a significant domestic source of antimony critical to a number of military, high-tech, and consumer goods. "We believe...
Adamas Intelligence forecasts that robotics and advanced air mobility will be large drivers of rare earth magnet demand in the coming years. Pullover electric vehicles, robots are expected to be the biggest driver of demand for magnet rare earths by 2040, according to the latest market outlook by Adamas Intelligence. "From a small demand category today led by industrial and consumer service robots, we forecast that robotics will grow to become the single largest NdFeB...
Sibanye-Stillwater gives notice to hundreds of Montana miners as palladium prices collapse. Sibanye-Stillwater, the only platinum and palladium mine in the United States, gave employees a 60-day notice of upcoming layoffs – blaming a loss of more than $350 million since the beginning of 2023 and plummeting metal pricing due to predatory Russian price dumping. The South Africa-based miner expanded in the U.S. through the purchase of Stillwater Mining Company in 2017 for $2.2 b...
Desktop Metal qualifies Continuum Powders' recycled superalloy for additive manufacturing. In a significant step toward advancing sustainable additive manufacturing (AM), Desktop Metal Inc. has qualified Continuum Powders Corp.'s 100% recycled Mar-M247 superalloy for use in its binder jet 3D printers, marking the first time a fully recycled alloy has been approved for the company's metal printing platforms. The adoption of recycled metals in 3D printing has faced significant...
New study upends what scientists thought they knew about why gallium melts in your hand. As a metal that turns to liquid at near room temperature and has the uncanny ability to take on the catalytic properties of other metals, gallium is an enigmatic element that intrigues material scientists. The understanding of why gallium melts at 85.6 degrees Fahrenheit (29.8 degrees Celsius), however, may have been built on a foundation as solid as this strange metal during the midday...
In a Fastmarkets interview, Nevada's Surge Battery Metals chairman discusses the need for transparency. Slackening growth in electric vehicle sales and an oversupply in China's battery capacity are weighing on demand for battery metals. While lithium, cobalt and nickel remain in oversupply, the response from producers cutting output will influence the long term, especially by slowing and halting the promise of U.S. lithium production. Demand will continue to increase over the...
Companies enter into preliminary deal to process Brazilian rare earth carbonates at Ucore's Louisiana SMC. As part of its plan to forge a sturdy rare earth supply chain outside of China, Ucore Rare Metals Inc. has cut a deal for the supply of 3,000 metric tons of total rare earth oxides (TREO) from a future mine at Meteoric Resources' Caldeira project in Brazil. "Ucore is delighted to have the opportunity to work with Meteoric and its world-class Caldeira project as we...
Westinghouse Electric creates LEU+, a middle-ground to more efficient and safer nuclear fuel. Marking a pivotal milestone that aligns with years of United States government planning to secure domestic nuclear energy resources, Westinghouse Electric Company announced that it has produced its first batch of Low Enriched Uranium Plus (LEU+) fuel pellets, a development that not only marks a significant technological achievement but also strengthens America's push to reduce...
Benchmark forecasts that $1.6 trillion for minerals, battery materials, gigafactories, and recycling will be required by 2040. As the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) accelerates the buildout of lithium battery gigafactory capacity in the United States, battery supply chain experts at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence estimate that at least $1.6 trillion of investment into the battery supply chain is needed to meet demand by 2040 – almost triple the $571 billion estimated to meet d...
DOD awards Electra Battery Materials $20 million to help bring online enough North American cobalt supply for 1 million EV batteries. As part of its mission to shore up reliable and sustainable supply chain minerals and metals critical to America's economy and security, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded Electra Battery Materials Corp. $20 million to complete the construction and commissioning of North America's only refinery capable of producing cobalt sulfate,...
The U.S. relies on imports for 82% of its supply of this strategic mineral; China is the world's largest supplier. In its latest move to tighten controls of critical minerals, China has announced that it is placing state-controlled restrictions on the export of antimony, a vital ingredient in a wide range of household, industrial, high-tech, and military goods. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, American manufacturers use nearly 50 million pounds of antimony each year...
Deep sea mining has a new discovery to contend with. Deep sea mining has brought many abyssal research theories to light, including the vibrancy and delicacy of the sunless seafloor ecosystem, the amazing accretion of desirable minerals over millions of years into priceless little nodules that have been suggested could nearly eliminate land-based battery mineral mining in its entirety, and a new mystery – dark oxygen – defying previous theories about the origins of life on...
Study shows that trolley assist for trucks would halve CO2 intensity of what is expected to be one of the world's cleanest sources of nickel. A recently completed engineering study has found that a trolley assist system for haul trucks would significantly reduce the carbon intensity of nickel produced at Baptiste, a project in central British Columbia being advanced by FPX Nickel Corp. that is already shaping up to be one of the cleanest sources of future nickel on the...
Funding to support additional research in extracting rare earth elements from coal byproducts, enhancing sustainability and domestic supply. As part of ongoing efforts to bolster domestic supplies of critical minerals, the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has announced an additional $10 million investment aimed at lowering costs and reducing the environmental impact of producing rare earth elements and other critical minerals from coal...
Rare earth elements (REEs) are essential building blocks for the world's electronics and a host of developing energy transition technologies. Found in smartphones, computers, screens, and batteries, they are essential in everything from smartwatches to wind turbines. This suite of 15 elements, however, are notoriously challenging to separate. Conventional processes are often chemical-heavy and energy-intensive, requiring multiple extraction and purification steps, which are sl...
Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund invests in recycling REEs from hard drives. Signaling its commitment to a circular economy, Microsoft has made a notable endorsement by strategically investing in Cyclic Materials, a promising startup in advanced metals recycling. Announced July 16, this move by Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund highlights the tech giant's interest in sustainable innovation, particularly in recycling rare earth elements (REEs) from computer hard drives....
US Department of Defense recognizes potential of critical energy metal; National Science Foundation offers First Tellurium grant opportunity. Tellurium is a rare element with some powerful properties that are being leveraged in American-made solar panels, solid-state batteries that could significantly extend the range of electric vehicles, and thermoelectric generators that convert temperature variations into clean electricity. Recognizing tellurium's criticality to clean ener...
Export-Import Bank of the United States invites USSM to apply for a $400 million loan to develop critical minerals mining, processing, and recycling hub in Missouri. In what is shaping up to be a major boost to its mission to provide the United States with sustainable sources of metals critical to the energy transition, U.S. Strategic Metals (USSM) has been invited to apply for a $400 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) to fund the development...
Silicon Valley-based EV manufacturer to buy anode material from G1's coming graphite plant in Ohio. Toward its goal of creating sustainable mobility with cars that make the best possible use of the world's resources, California-based Lucid Motors has entered into an agreement to buy domestically produced graphite for the batteries powering its electric vehicles from a processing and recycling plant to be built by Graphite One Inc. in Ohio. "We are committed to accelerating...
