“No Green Deal without Aluminium”
The industry association Aluminium Deutschland reacted in March 2023 to the Critical Raw Materials Act presented by the European Commission, which aims to strengthen material...
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China weighs export ban for rare-earth magnet tech
Beijing looks to strike back after Washington’s chip restrictions China is considering prohibiting exports of certain rare-earth magnet technology in a move that would counter...
Analyst: Rare Earths Pilot Plant Results Promising
Defense Metals Corp. successfully runs a test of its hydrometallurgical pilot plant at SGS Lakefield in Ontario. One analyst says it’s a good sign for...
Recent Developments in Rare Earth Metal Mining
Rare Earth Metals and their Importance Rare earth elements (REEs), also referred to as rare earth metals, include yttrium, scandium, and 15 metallic elements of...
EU project searches for local battery raw material sources
A new EU project called METALLICO is looking into how battery metals such as lithium, cobalt, copper, manganese, and nickel can be extracted in a...
Lithium industry: need for improvement in carbon footprint and water consumption
No matter which battery chemistry will prevail in electric cars in the coming years: Lithium will remain an irreplaceable component in drive batteries in the...
Geopolitical risk: raw materials and technological dependence
In 1992 the father of China’s economic revolution, Deng Xiaoping, said that ‘the Middle East has the oil, but China has the rare earths’. Rare...
Report identifies areas of the UK prospective for critical raw materials
Areas from the Highlands to south-west England have the right geology to be prospective for several critical raw materials such as lithium and graphite, according...
Critical minerals and the need for equal partnerships with African producers
Before Western policymakers recognized the immense strategic importance of minerals for green energy production in the 21st century, they were primarily seen as a source...
Rare Earths Supply Chains and Confrontation With China
The war in Ukraine has resulted in ammunition shortages for U.S. troops and years-long backlogs for key weapons systems. But the danger of these shortages...