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Niobium: not a Greek tragedy  Niobium, also known as columbium, is a chemical element with the symbol Nb. Niobium is a light grey, crystalline, and ductile transition metal. The English chemist Charles Hatchett reported the new element in 1801,…

By Yury Nurmeev, Kazan Federal University EPR spectra of the (001)-oriented single-crystal samples having the shape of a bar and a plate of STO:Fe3+ at T = 300 K (a)…

Study on price linkage mechanism of lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide Recently, lithium carbonate prices surged while lithium hydroxide prices hovered at bottom, seeing carbonate prices higher than hydroxide price.…

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2020年，全球疫情流行，多国钽精矿生产受到影响，但刚果（金）、卢旺达等主要非洲钽矿产区受疫情影响较小仍保持强劲动力。由于钽等矿产禁令的无限期豁免，刚果金产量大幅攀升。整体来看，2020年全球钽精矿产量超过2500吨。

在我们的MMTA每月专栏中，我们将把焦点放在每个版本不同的小金属上，关注当前的市场状况和未来一年的主题。在2021年3月出版的《Crucible》一书中，我们将注意力转向钨，钨是以瑞典的“重石”命名的。在世界大部分地区，钨被称为“wolfram”，它是从矿物黑钨矿中提取出来的，而钨本身就是从德语“wolf rahm”中衍生出来的，后者翻译成“狼烟”或“狼膏”。

Intel Corporation was founded in 1968 and is the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, with major facilities in the United States, Europe, and Asia. A Fortune 500 company headquartered…

An Introduction to Indium Metal By: Shreyas Kashyap, Indium Applications Specialist Introductory chemistry classes don’t really give indium the recognition it deserves. Yes, we learn about it being a minor…

TCG WebEx meeting on 23 February 2021   The purpose of the WebEx meeting was to have an orientation discussion with stakeholders in order to understand a process flow and…

Minor metals in Focus – Tungsten   In our monthly column for the MMTA, we will be shining the spotlight on a different minor metal each edition, looking at current…

Global tantalum market status in 2020 and price forecast in 2021   In 2020, the global COVID-19 epidemic affected the production of tantalum concentrate in many countries. However, the major…

贵溪大三元实业（集团）股份有限公司始建于2000年11月（原名：贵溪市三元冶炼化工有限责任公司） 。贵溪大三元集团是集有色金属的生产、加工、贸易以及以“白蚁”为主要原料抗癌药品和保健品的开发、研制、生产、销售为一体的综合性中型企业集团。

贵溪大三元实业（集团）股份有限公司最近加入了MMTA国际小金属贸易协会。为加深了解我们的新成员，以下是2021年2月10日，MMTA国际小金属贸易协会的苏茹婷对贵溪大三元实业（集团）股份有限公司董事长吴世军先生的访谈。

在MMTA的每月专栏中，我们探讨一种小金属，着眼于当前的市场状况和未来一年的主题。本月我们将注意力转向钽，以坦塔罗斯命名，他在希腊神话中最著名的是他在塔塔罗斯的永恒惩罚。借用他的名字在某些方面是相当恰当的，因为他的母亲普洛托（“财富”，如黄金和其它矿产财富）和祖母赫托尼亚（“地球”）的名字。我们会忽略他的一些其它特点，比如偷东西，谋杀自己的儿子，以及鼓励同类相食！

Minor Metals in Focus: Tantalum   In our monthly column for the MMTA, we put the spotlight on a different minor metal each edition, looking at current market conditions and…

Cobalt Sustainability Monitor Roskill’s Cobalt Sustainability Monitor examines the key environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors which face the industry. The monitor includes an analysis of CO2 emissions associated with production,…

Guixi Grand Sanyuan Industry Group Co., Ltd Guixi Grand Sanyuan Industry Group Co., Ltd was founded in November 2000 (formerly known as Guixi Sanyuan smelting and Chemical Co., Ltd.). It…

Interview with MMTA’s Chinese Member – Guixi Grand Sanyuan Industry Group Co.,Ltd Guixi Grand Sanyuan Industry Group Co.,Ltd has recently joined the MMTA. In order to understand our new member,…

“Three Musketeers” in the New Material Age – Indium, Germanium and Gallium With the rapid development of electronics and new materials, the core materials – Indium, Germanium, and Gallium play…

China’s Rare Earth Market Status & Output Rare earth is an important strategic resource with irreplaceable excellent magnetic, optical and electrical properties, which plays a great role in improving product…

在我们每月为MMTA撰写的《Crucible 》专栏中，本期将重点介绍稀土元素，这16种元素为工业应用和尖端技术中使用的产品提供了广泛的特性。

中国钼产量下降，消费增长，进口压力加大 截至2019年底，中国钼资源基础储量占全球总量的48%，居全球第一。中国钼资源主要分布在内蒙古、吉林、河南、黑龙江、陕西等五省区。中国钼资源约占据全球一半，但自2019年下半开始，中国钼产品进口却呈现出持续增长态势，2020年中国钼产品进口总量估计接近5.5万吨钼金属量，同比超过300%。与此同时中国产量占世界比例也在悄然下降

锑主要用于阻燃剂和铅酸蓄电池。这些最终用途加在一起占锑需求的80%以上，这两个关键应用的趋势由此形成市场动态。

Tips to help you leverage new technologies to future-proof your supply chain   What is “future proofing”?  How can it help your businesses to survive and thrive?    A definition…

Confused about how to export dual-use items as a UK company post Brexit?  Don’t worry – we were too!  So here’s a quick guide of the rules and what you…

In our monthly column for the Crucible, we will focus on the rare earth elements, a group of 16 elements which provide a wide range of characteristics to products used…

Antimony (Sb) Outlook to 2030 Antimony is mostly consumed in flame retardants and lead-acid batteries.  Together these end-uses account for more than 80% of antimony demand and trends in these…

China’s tungsten and molybdenum market status in 2020 and outlook China’s Mo production falls, consumption grew and more stress on impOrt By the end of 2019, China’s molybdenum resource base…

在我们每月的MMTA专栏中，我们聚焦于一种重要的 小 金属，着眼于当前的市场状况和未来一年 的 主 题 。在 2020年 11月 的《 C rucible 》杂 志 上 ，我 们 把 焦 点 转 向 锑 ，从 希 腊 语 中 的 “anti”…

Minor Metals in Focus: Antimony In our monthly column for the MMTA, we shine the spotlight on a key minor metal, looking at current market conditions and themes for the…

Roskill’s recent Outlook to 2029/2030 reports’ summaries: Niobium (Nb) Approximately 90% of all niobium is consumed as ferroniobium used in steelmaking.  Besides ferroniobium, niobium is consumed in a wide range…

Silicon Industry Development Under New Energy Era Nonferrous metals materials are the basic raw material for China’s economic and social development. As well as the key material of national economy,…

航空航天部门是今年受COVID-19新冠病毒攻击最严重的行业之一。由于飞行活动难以恢复正常水平，航空高温合金废料的需求遭受了急剧下降。然而相反的是，不锈钢行业在整个病毒大流行期间表现异常不错，目前正面临废料市场紧张的局面。因此，CRU听到越来越多的关于高温合金废料被出售到不锈钢行业的报道。

锂被誉为未来的“白色石油”，目前已广泛应用于锂电池、润滑脂、陶瓷、玻璃等领域。根据美国地质调查局（United States Geological Survey，USGS）数据显示，2019年全球已查明锂资源储量（以金属量计）约为1700万吨，折合碳酸锂当量约为9000万吨。全球主要的锂生产国主要有中国、智利、阿根廷、美国、澳大利亚等，2019年澳大利亚是全球最大的锂矿供应国，占全球锂资源供给量的51%。

在我们每月的MMTA专栏中，我们将聚焦于不同的小金属，着眼于当前的市场状况和未来一年的主题。在2020年10月的《Crucible》杂志上，我们把焦点转向了钼，钼是以古希腊单词Molybdos命名的。

Superalloys and stainless steel: analysing a novel tradeflow in the scrap sector The aerospace sector has been one of the hardest-hit industries by COVID-19 this year. As flight activity struggles…

Scientists manage to improve metallic glasses by National University of Science and Technology MISIS Researchers at National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS) have managed to develop a…

Minor metals in Focus – Molybdenum In our monthly column for the MMTA, we will be shining the spotlight on a different minor metal each edition, looking at current market…

China – Lithium and EV market overview Lithium, known as the “white oil” in the future, has been widely used in lithium batteries, grease, ceramics, glass and other fields. According…

全球镍产业链情况概览 镍因具有良好的耐蚀性和延展性，广泛应用于不锈钢及高温合金生产，同时在新能源汽车动力电池等新兴行业也拥有较大的消费潜力。镍同时作为基础工业金属和新兴产业原料，逐渐得到各国政府的重点关注，美国、中国、日本等国家相继将镍列为战略金属名单。

锂是一种常见元素，其沉积物分布在整个地壳中。然而，由于其高反应活性，这种元素并不是以自然形式出现的，因而在试图提取用于商业目的的沉积物时存在着技术问题。历史上，锂的商业用途非常小众，陶瓷、润滑脂和聚合物行业是该产业最大的消费群体。然而，随着近期电动汽车的蓬勃发展，以及整个电池行业需求的显著增长，锂已经成为电动汽车和储能领域的重要组成部分。

随着COVID-19全球大流行影响到中国最大的国内和国际市场，中国初级镁行业的产量正在大幅下降，这是十多年来的首次大幅下降。本文讨论了中国初级镁行业的现状，集中讨论了未来6至12个月内最有可能影响价格的因素。

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Lithium: The challenges facing a European mine to battery supply chain Lithium is a common element with deposits geographically widespread throughout the Earth’s crust. However, the element does not occur…

China’s Magnesium Sector Feels the COVID-19 Pain by Alan Clark, CM Group Pty Ltd 29 August 2020 China’s primary magnesium sector is heading for a significant production fall, the first…

China Focus on Battery Materials – Cobalt and Nickel by China Non-Ferrous Industry Association (CNIA) & Antaike  Overview of the China cobalt industry Cobalt is used in the fields of…

从1990年代中期开始，中国经济持续快速增长，推动铜、铝、铅、锌等基本金属需求和产量也持续快速提高，这些基本金属冶炼技术也日新月异，比如先进的富氧熔池熔炼技术在中国大部分铜和铅冶炼企业得到普及，湿法炼锌技术在中国锌冶炼厂不断升级发展，具有中国自主知识产权的电解铝技术更是飞速发展，在许多方面达到国际领先水平。

在这篇文章中，CRU解释了为什么今年中国不锈钢产量的份额在迅速增加。尽管由于Covid-19新冠导致的需求严重恶化，世界其它地区的市场活动受到损害，但中国经济却出现了强劲反弹，这激励国内不锈钢厂迅速恢复到新冠大流行前的开工率。因此，目前中国不锈钢产量的份额将创下新高。

在我们每月的MMTA专栏中，我们将聚焦于不同的小金属，着眼于当前的市场状况和未来一年的主题。在2020年8月的《Crucible》杂志上，我们把焦点转向了镁，它以希腊塞萨利的一个地区Magnesia命名。

London-based metals trading firm Amalgamet Ltd, part of Amalgamated Metal Corporation PLC (AMC Group), announces that it is expanding its commodity trade finance business in order to facilitate the growth…

Minor metal in Focus – Magnesium In our monthly column for the MMTA, we will be shining the spotlight on a different minor metal each edition, looking at current market…

Panos Kotseras– Principal Analyst CRU August 2020 In this article CRU explains why the share of Chinese stainless   steel production is increasing rapidly this year. While market activity in the…

China’s economy has continued to grow rapidly since the mid-1990s, and the demand and output of basic metals such as copper, aluminum, lead, and zinc have also been continuously and…

在MMTA的月刊专栏中，我们每月将关注不同的小金属，分析当前市场状况和未来一年的主题。在2020年6月的《Crucible》杂志中，我们将注意力转向钛，由德国化学家和矿物学家马丁·海因里希·克拉普思（Martin Heinrich Klaproth）从“泰坦”一词中命名，泰坦是希腊神话中的巨人种族。

自4月份我们采访了MMTA中国会员株洲科能新材料有限公司，分享他们应对新冠病毒的经验后，MMTA决定对其中国成员进行另一次访谈，以了解中国目前的供应链状况。   以下是2020年5月29日MMTA国际小金属贸易协会的苏茹婷对陕西华钼实业有限公司运营总监岳晓红女士的采访。

Minor Metals in Focus: Titanium   In our monthly column for the MMTA, we will be shining the spotlight on a different minor metal each edition, looking at current market…

Base metals markets are key for economic growth and correlations with industrial products are significant. Copper continues to be the most efficient way to transfer electricity by diameter and nickel…

Artisanal mining is key to the cobalt market balance Due to the lack of reliable information and complexity of the supply chain, artisanal mining is typically far more challenging to…

Guidance on Customs issues related to the COVID-19 emergency – revision 4 On 19 June, the DG TAXUD published a revised version of the     Guidance on Customs issues related to…

Interview from MMTA’s Chinese Member – Shaanxi Head-Moly Industry Co., Ltd.   Following the deep dive interview with Chinese member Zhuzhou Keneng New Materials Co., Ltd to share their learnings…

Efficient indium oxide catalysts designed for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol by Chinese Academy of Sciences Catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide (CO2) is a green and sustainable means of synthesizing commodity chemicals…

Molybdenum is consumed in a broad array of chemical and metallurgical applications spanning the energy, transport, construction, chemical, medical and electronics industries. A key end use for moly is the…

Exciting Field Sales Opportunity at Indium Corporation Indium Corporation has an immediate need for a Field Sales Representative. The Field Sales Representative will be responsible for serving as Indium Corporation’s…

晶朋科技在中国和美国各拥有一家铪晶条制造厂，晶朋科技在美国和中国的铪晶条总产量约占世界年度产量的三分之一。作为全球铪晶条主要生产商之一，晶朋科技致力于成为全球用户最值得信赖的供应商和合作伙伴。

自从Covid-19新冠病毒的传播以来，全世界人民的生活以及商业环境都受到了重大的破坏。目前，中短期的未来仍不明朗。不过，由于MMTA的中国成员是最早经历Covid-19新冠疫情的，也是最先开始慢慢恢复的，所以我们采访了MMTA的中国成员——株洲科能新材料有限公司，与MMTA的所有成员一起分享他们的经验和经历。 以下是2020年4月14日MMTA国际小金属贸易协会的苏茹婷对株洲科能新材料有限公司总经理赵科峰先生的采访。

5月13日，MMTA与其法律成员Holman Fenwick Willan公司举行了首次网络研讨会。该网络研讨会涵盖了两个相关主题，分别是布莱恩·佩拉特介绍的“不可抗力是对你有利还是不利——从法律角度的小结”和克雷格·尼姆介绍的“小金属集装箱运输面临的挑战”。

罗斯基尔的杰西卡•罗伯茨发现，全球小金属市场看来将在2020年面临严峻挑战，但强制执行的供给侧约束和需求的急剧复苏可能会在2021年带来价格上涨的潜力。 截至本报告撰写时（2020年5月中旬），COVID-19冠状病毒的爆发已开始对全球小金属供应链及其终端用途市场产生重大影响。COVID-19冠状病毒于2019年12月在中国湖北省武汉市首次被曝出现，于2020年3月初被世界卫生组织（WHO）列为全球大流行。

COVID-19 pandemic weighs on minor metal markets Global minor metal markets look set for a tough 2020 but enforced supply-side discipline and sharp demand recovery could offer upside price potential…

With the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2016, climate change jumped to the forefront of the global agenda for governments and regulators. The global community recognized that drastic action…

Holman Fenwick Willan Webinar in conjunction with the MMTA On the 13th of May the MMTA held its first webinar with MMTA legal member Holman Fenwick Willan. The webinar covered…

Interview into the Lessons Learnt from Covid-19 from MMTA’s Chinese Member – Zhuzhou Keneng New Material Co., Ltd.   Since the spread of Covid-19, the whole world has faced major…

  Nantong JP New Material Technology Co., Ltd owns hafnium crystal bar production facilities in both the USA and China, whose hafnium crystal bar production volume accounts for about one…

罗斯基尔的杰西卡罗伯茨（Jessica Roberts）研究了泛亚金属交易所（Fanya Metals Exchange）丑闻对其交易的金属的影响，并提出了一个问题：一个新的正规化交易所能否成为全球小金属市场的一股积极力量？

NATO event with MMTA member Less Common Metals Members of a NATO Research Task Group and those who are    professionals in the rare earth industry gathered in Chester on Wednesday,…

The rise and fall of Fanya – implications for global minor metals markets Roskill’s Jessica Roberts looks at the impact of the Fanya Metals Exchange scandal on the metals it…

Intelligent Charity? A year in the life of Friends of Mufulira   Simon Jenkins, writing in The Guardian newspaper [‘Billionaires are not the ones to save the world’, 22.02.2020], cited the commonly held…

Wood Mackenzie- Coronavirus disrupts the battery raw materials market – but does an opportunity lie ahead? The spread of the coronavirus around the world will likely change the market for…

VIEW FROM NORTH AMERICA   From a Front Line and a Quick Look at Metals in Chile   Dear Members As I wrote you on 29 February, who could have …

我们现在都发现自己身处未知的领域，COVID-19冠状病毒在世界各地传播的速度和凶猛程度令人恐惧，给许多人带来困难和绝望。我们的朋友、家人、同事、员工、供应商和客户都面临着许多我们从未经历过的艰难时期。 在当前的形势下，MMTA把员工、董事和成员的健康和安全放在首位，管理团队在董事会的全力支持下，做出了以下决定。 我们在3月12日率先做出决定，决定MMTA员工在家工作。 所有近期旅行都已暂停，并将在夏末进行评估。 美国查尔斯顿年会推迟到2021年4月14日至16日举行。 我们通常在4月份举行的年度股东大会将被推迟，直到我们能够找到一个合法和成功举行的机制。有关推迟的年度股东大会的进一步信息将在适当时候发送。 原定于9月之前的所有活动都将取消，除非此类活动能够在线上举行。 《Crucible》月刊将继续出版，但近期都将采用数字版发送。 《Crucible》4月版还将包括通常在年度会刊中出现的新董事的简介和摘录，还将包括完整的成员目录。 在这段困难时期，MMTA团队将尽可能提供帮助和指导。 如果您有任何意见或问题，请不要犹豫联系我们，总经理Eva，我自己或MMTA团队。 但最重要的是，管理团队、董事和我谨向全体成员转达我们最良好的祝愿，并希望你们都能保持安全、健康和照顾家人和朋友。 Simon Boon MMTA 主席

在给 MMTA 写的每月专栏中，我们都会聚焦一种关键的小金属，审视当前市场形势，展望来年行情。2020 年 3 月这一期的“THE Crucible”专栏，我们把目光投向了锰（manganese）。过去曾用 manganese 这个词来命名软锰矿和希腊马格尼西亚地区的黑色矿物——而历史上也一度以马格尼西亚（Magnesia）这个地名来命名镁和铁矿石。

Security of metals supply fundamental: UK minister Published: 11 March 2020 Industry must have confidence that it can access the necessary raw materials to move towards sustainable low-carbon markets, UK…

Minor Metals in Focus: Manganese In our monthly column for the MMTA, we shine the spotlight on a key minor metal, looking at current market conditions and themes for the…

The MMTA & Confronting Modern Slavery in DRC-UK Mineral Supply Chains James McQuilken 4th  M arch 2020 On the 4th March General Manager Eva Model joined the  London Briefing workshop…

VIEW FROM NORTH AMERICA The Interminable Month of February Dear Members, Goodness, what a lot has happened since I wrote at the beginning of the month. With any luck, should…

Cobalt Metal classification Dear All, The 14th ATP to the CLP Regulation has now been published in the EU Official Journal, including the      harmonised classification for cobalt metal. This         publication…

A RUDN chemist has obtained a new compound—a dumbbell-shaped phosphate-bridged molybdenum cluster. The cluster accelerates the reaction of the formation of sulfides from oxides and can be used in pharmaceutical…

SJM Alloys & MetalsLtd （成立于1993年）是一家总部位于英国的超级合金、特种钢和难熔金属废料的交易商、加工商和回收商。公司经营初级金属，包括镍、铬、钼、钴、钨、铪、钽、铌和钛。

阿格斯（Argus Media）是全球领先的稀土报价专业机构。我们提供7种重稀土材料和5种轻稀土材料的价格服务，并且我们给出的报价一直被用于整个供应链的现货交易定价。我们拥有庞大的全球团队，深耕中国市场多年、发展强劲，通过三角贸易交易、出价和要价，以及合格的数据评估市场价位。

MMTA 专栏每月都会聚焦一种重要的稀有金属，探讨其当前的市场状况和未来一年的走势。在《The Crucible》 2020 年  2 月刊中，我们将关注一种  1925 年首度于德国发现，并以莱茵河的拉丁名 Rhenus 命名的稀有金属：铼。

 SJM Alloys & Metals Ltd (est. 1993) is a UK based dealer, processor and recycler of super alloys, specialty steels and refractory metal scraps. We handle primary metals including Ni,…

Crucible February 2020 issue   Minor Metals in Focus: Rhenium   In our monthly column for the MMTA, we shine the spotlight on a key minor metal, looking at current…

Argus Media:Rare Earth Market Update Argus Media is the leading price reporting agency in the rare earth market. We price seven heavy and five light rare earth materials, and our…

As global trade and politics alliances shift across continents, and technology marches ceaselessly on, the leaders of the North  American minor metals community gathered once more in New York to…

Manufacturing products from titanium and its alloys using traditional methods remains a complex technological task that  requires a lot of time and money. Scientists at South Ural State University have…

Dear Members, Well, here we are, over a month into 2020. And who would know that we are well over a month into winter here in New York? It should…

在我们为 MMTA 撰写的月度专栏中，每刊将重点关注一种不同的小金属，关注当前的市场状况以及未来一年中的主要议题。在《Crucible》的 2019 年 10 月刊中，我们将重点关注锡。锡的化学符号“Sn”源自拉丁语单词“stannum”，而“stannum”一词很可能源自早期的凯尔特语词汇“stan”和“sten”，意指从英国康沃尔流向欧洲大陆的早期罗马锡贸易历史。

Arrow Metals AG的贸易、市场、运输和大型实物商品来源于世界级信誉良好的供应商——提供长期工业，满足全球5大洲的客户需求。

虽然稀土金属长期以来都是采矿业的一大利基市场，但具有重要的战略意义。 文：Andrew Keen 和 Ben Jones，CRU 地球上有 17 种用途广泛的稀土元素，但其中有两种（钕和镨，简称 NdPr）与低碳经济的成长息息相关，其地位也变得越来越重要。最近，CRU 对稀土的基本需求建模、新供应来源和新进入者的成本竞争力进入了深入的分析。

尊敬的会员朋友们： 祝大家新年快乐！（我撰写本文的时间为 2020 年 1 月初，但我并不确定大家会在什么时间读到它。所以如果大家阅读本文时，新的十年已然开启，我在此诚挚致歉。） 从许多方面来说，现在世界的情形已与去年的此时大不相同：纽约现在的气温是温和的 8 摄氏度（47 华氏度），而不是寒冷的零下 18 摄氏度（0 华氏度）；美国政府未再出现破纪录的停摆，而我们的行业（到目前为止）也不曾发生严重的矿难事故。

Somika SARL (Societe Minere Du Katanga) was established in the year 2001 has progressively distinguished itself as a quality mining and mineral processing player, producing high grade Copper and Cobalt.…

New MMTA Member Arrowmetals & Trading AG Arrow Metals AG trade, market, transport and store physical commodities sourced from world class trusted and reputed suppliers –providing long-term supplies and satisfying…

High Growth Business of the Year Award ICD Europe Celebrate National Awards Win at Wembley 10 DECEMBER 2019 Sheffield-based global metals supplier, ICD Europe Ltd are celebrating this week after…

Written by CRU’s Andrew Keen & Ben Jones Although there are seventeen rare earth elements with a wide variety of uses, two in particular (Neodymium and Praseodymium, or NdPr for…

Rare Earths Conference—Metal Events By Nils Backeberg –18/11/2019 In the midst of the China-USA trade war, supply sustainability    remained a key topic of conversation at the 16th International Rare Earth Conference, held…

VIEW FROM NORTH AMERICA  Of 2019 and the New Decade   Dear Members A very Happy New Year to everyone. (Whilst I am writing this at the very beginning of…

Arviem为您提供有关您供应链和运输中货物安全的信息！Arviem在全球供应链中提供极其精确的货物定位和质量监控，不仅仅是卢旺达、玻利维亚或印度，而是全球任何地方。我们通过在多式联运集装箱和货物上安装自动定位和传感技术，来发现供应链盲点。

在我们为 MMTA 撰写的月度专栏中，每刊将重点关注一种不同的小金属，关注当前的市场状况以及未来一年中的主要议题。在《Crucible》的 2019 年 11 月刊中，我们将重点关注铌。铌（Niobium）的名字来源于希腊神话中坦塔罗斯国王（King Tantalus）的女儿尼俄伯（Niobe）。

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New MMTA Member Arviem AG Arviem provides you with the information you need on the security of your supply chain and your cargo in transit! Arviem supplies exceptionally accurate location…

Minor Metals in Focus: Niobium Roskill In our monthly column for the MMTA, we shine the spotlight on a key minor metal, looking at current market conditions and themes for…

South Africa is one step closer to processed titanium alloys William Gregor, an amateur mineralogist and chemist, first discovered ilmenite – some black sand containing one of the world’s lightest metals –…

VIEW FROM NORTH AMERICA Of a Presentation on “Critical Minerals” in Düsseldorf and ERGI Dear Members Good Afternoon! From a truly autumnal New York. Here in the city, the temperature…

European Commission launches its online Due Diligence Ready! programme to support small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) minerals and metals supply chain due diligence efforts On November 20th 2019 the European…

Researchers uncover hidden topological insulator states in bismuth crystals by Denis Paiste, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The search for better materials for computers and other electronic devices has focused on a…

New MMTA Member WELCOME Globe Metal Recycling is a leading metal recycler with 40+ years of experience processing and trading metals through our global network. Our business includes processing and recycling…

CRM Day—Sustainable Policy for Critical raw Materials   On 25 September 2019, the 11th edition of the CRM Day was held at the L42 Business Center, Brussels. The event, entitled…

Minor Metals in Focus: Tin Roskill In our monthly column for the MMTA, we will be shining the spotlight on a different minor metal each edition, looking at current market…

VIEW FROM NORTH AMERICA Of Ed Meir of INTL FCStone and the (Defunct) Fanya Metal Exchange Dear Members The harvest now is over, the summer days are gone, and yet…

by Kate McAlpine, University of Michigan Two iterations of a metal lattice meet at a “grain boundary” defect, with atoms of an alloying element fitting into the defect. Credit: Liang Qi,…

Discovery in gallium nitride a key enabler of energy efficient electronics By Cornell University Gallium nitride, a semiconductor that revolutionized energy-efficient LED lighting, could also transform electronics and wireless communication,…

Elective Report 2019   I undertook my elective placement in Mufulira, Zambia. Mufulira is a small town situated in the Northern part of Zambia with a population of 125,336(2007). It…

Elective Report – Olufemi Olatigbe My elective in Mufulira occurred during the month of July. I arrived along with my three fellow medical students at the Ndola airport, which is…

钼需求的大量机遇——作者：James Jeary 钼在能源、运输、建筑、化工、医疗以及电子等行业的化工和冶金领域有着广泛的应用。本文中，CRU 的 James Jeary 将探讨钼消耗的前景和未来的需求机会。James 是 CRU 《钼市场展望》（Molybdenum Market Outlook）报告的编辑。该报告是 CRU 的一项综合服务，提供关于未来五年中钼供应、需求以及价格的详细预测。

Macroeconomic uncertainty and trade war impact on minor metals such as Bismuth, is changing its commercial landscape and prompting rethink of business models Cristina Belda 06/08/2019   Bismuth has become…

Minor Metals in Focus: Antimony In our monthly column for the MMTA, we shine the spotlight on a key minor metal, looking at current market conditions and themes for the…

VIEW FROM NORTH AMERICA Of Greenland, Electric Motors and Critical Marine Minerals Dear Members Somewhat earlier in the month than usual, I send you greetings from a quite astoundingly lovely…

Stretchy plastic electrolytes could enable new lithium-ion  battery design by Josh Brown, Georgia Institute of Technology The growing popularity of lithium-ion batteries in recent years has put a strain on…

September 16, 2019 by Ingrid Fadelli, Phys.org Crystal-field engineering of band structure and mobility in GaN. (a),(b) Change in the GW quasiparticle band structure of GaN upon biaxial dilation and…

Minor Metals in Focus: Tungsten In our monthly column for the MMTA, we shine the spotlight on a key minor metal, looking at current market conditions and themes for the…

How to hedge with commodities where no futures market exists We talked briefly in the May edition about how to manage risks in metals where they are not traded on…

VIEW FROM NORTH AMERICA Of Politics, Policies and Photoelectrics Dear Members Happy summer everyone! All I can say is that I really sympathize with members who are either residing or…

What a way to spend 24 (ish!) hours. Roskill are pleased to  announce that following the 3 peaks challenge, they have exceeded the £3000 target for Friends of Mufulira You…

Whether as a component that powers up computers, mobile phones or other electronic devices, metal makes up a large part of tech products. The latest and greatest devices crafted with…

在我们为 MMTA 撰写的月度专栏中，每刊将重点关注一种不同的小金属，关注当前的市场状况以及未来一年中的主要命题。在《Crucible》的 2019 年 6 月刊中，我们将重点关注钴。钴（Cobalt）源自德语单词“kobold”，意为“妖精”或“邪恶精灵”。那时，矿工们十分不信任被他们称作“Kobolderz”的蓝色颜料矿石，因为这种矿物可能在冶炼时释放出有毒的含砷气体。   在小金属市场中，一年可能是很长的一段时间。上个月，钴业人士齐聚香港参加钴业协会（Cobalt Institute）年会，当时钴的价格在每磅 17 美元（约合人民币 264.59 元每千克）左右。而上一年，当同一个会议在拉斯维加斯举行时，钴的价格则超过了每磅 40 美元（约合人民币 622.57 元每千克）。是什么发生了变化？   在 2017 和 2018 年间，钴分散了人们对锂的一部分关注度，并在锂离子和电动汽车（EV）展会上占据了焦点地位。钴被用于制造某些锂离子电池的阴极；而且重要的是，硫酸钴是 NCM 和 NCA 电池阴极的重要原料，而这两类电池是电动汽车时代的动力之源。未来十年间，电动汽车电池对钴的需求将继续支撑市场的可观增长。事实上，罗斯基尔公司（Roskill）预计到 2029 年，钴的市场规模将扩大到现在的两倍。…

  在我们为 MMTA 撰写的月度专栏中，每刊将重点关注一种不同的小金属，关注当前的市场状况以及未来一年中的主要命题。在《Crucible》的 2019 年 5 月刊中，我们将重点关注钽。钽（Tantalum）的名字来源于希腊神话人物坦塔罗斯（Tantalus），他最广为人知的故事是被打入冥界，永受折磨。我们可以肯定的是，钽和坦塔罗斯之间的相似处仅限于名字。   钽的产业规模很小，长久以来很容易受到市场平衡的快速变化和价格波动的影响。仅仅一家生产商的生产中断就可能对整个市场产生重大的影响；同样，如下游需求出现无法预见的上升，持有少量库存的加工方就会应对不及。2017 年发生的此类事件使得钽精矿价格大幅上升，五氧化二钽（Ta2O5）从年初的略高于 50 美元/磅（约合人民币 778.22 元/千克）跃升至年底的近 90 美元/磅（约合人民币 1440.79 元/千克）。   截至 2019 年年初，钽市场现面临着完全相反的情况——供应充足并可能会迅速地改变目前钽生产的地理格局。过去的 12 个月中，我们在各种小金属会议上进行的讨论主要集中在一个问题上——澳大利亚不断增加的钽产量对国际钽市场的影响，以及其对钽价格和手工生产商的影响。     图题：全球：一级和二级1钽供应（吨 Ta2O5） 供应源（从左至右）：非洲；南美洲；中国；澳大利亚；南亚/东南亚；欧洲；二级…

Minor Metals in Focus: Cobalt In our monthly column for the MMTA, we shine the spotlight on a key minor metal, looking at current market conditions and themes for the…

Opportunities aplenty for molybdenum demand– by James Jeary Molybdenum is consumed in a broad array of chemical and metallurgical applications spanning the energy, transport,           construction, chemical, medical and electronics industries.…

Chemists could make ‘smart glass’ smarter by manipulating it at the nanoscale 4th June 1019- by Anne Manning, Colorado State University “Smart glass,” an energy-efficiency product found in newer windows of…

VIEW FROM NORTH AMERICA Of Rare Earths, Morocco and Gallium Nitride Dear Members, Maybe spring is really here? I shall not go any further than “maybe.” But there are some…

Charging into the future—novel rock salt for use in rechargeable magnesium batteries Life today depends heavily on electricity. However, the unrelenting demand for electricity calls for increasingly greener and “portable”…

A superior, low-cost catalyst for water-splitting by Indian Institute of Science In a significant step toward large-scale hydrogen production, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a low-cost…

MMTA International Minor Metals Conference 2019 Round-up Day 1 – Wednesday, April 10 Somewhat overcast skies greeted us on the morning of  Wednesday, April 1 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the first…

Minor Metals in Focus: Tantalum In our new monthly column for the MMTA, we will be shining the spotlight on a different minor metal each edition, looking at current market…

Commodity Risk Management in the World of Minor Metals: by Robert Fig Alongside Nickel, Minor Metals pose a real risk to those involved in the   Stainless, Speciality Steel, Electric   Vehicle…

Plaxys Inc Previously known as Dabok Newer Metal in 2014, Plaxys Inc expanded its metal focus in 2018 to include Tantalum, Titanium, Zirconium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, and more. Our main area…

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CRM Alliance Round Up- Second panel The first speaker of the 2nd panel, Prof. Dr. Mikhail Zheludkevich, Head of Department, Institute of Materials Research Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), addressed the innovate…

Using metals with high thermoelectric power factor to create efficient all-solid-state active cooler by Bob Yirka , Phys.org Two ways to cool. A refrigerator transfers heat from a cold object…

第一天——4月10日星期三 4月10日星期三，苏格兰爱丁堡的天空还有些阴沉沉，不过却迎来了MMTA国际小金属贸易协会一年一度的王牌峰会。对于周一没有参加在格伦伊戈尔斯高尔夫球场由ICD赞助的高尔夫球赛，周二也未能参观克莱德代尔大学（Clydesdale Uiversity）的先进制造研究中心（AFRC）的代表们，会议以一个出席率良好的年度股东大会开始。

VIEW FROM NORTH AMERICA Of Critical Minerals in Australia Dear Members The winter storm I wrote about in my last letter never actually   materialized. But Harry still had his day…

NEW MMTA MEMBER Yunnan Chihong International Germanium Co., Ltd.  We have the largest primary germanium processing factory in the world, with an area of more than 200,000㎡. Our factory is…

Transitioning to a Low Carbon and Energy  Efficient Economy – Battery Raw Materials vs Critical Raw Materials Behind the Scene Review of the latest CRM Alliance Day, attended by MMTA…

Raw materials in search of sustainability In this article, I want to look at a range of raw materials that are  currently used in the automotive industry, mainly as materials…

Vanadium: what next for a market in deficit? Vanadium prices increased dramatically last year as the market moved into structural deficit.  While prices have fallen back from their 2018 peak,…

Don’t feel too Pious about your Prius! Copper might be the wonder metal for Plug-In Hybrid Electric   Vehicles (PHEVs)  but there are still copper smelters all over the world generating…

Mining waste for Value in the EU The European Union imports a significant amount of important metals as it does not have its own natural mineral resources. Researchers investigated the…

欧盟由于没有自己的天然矿产资源，因此进口大量的重要金属。研究人员调查了废弃原材料的回收利用，以找到确保可持续供应、增加经济值和减少温室气体排放的方法。

ECHA RELEASES COMPREHENSIVE BREXIT CHEMICALS INSTRUCTIONS 8 February 2019 / CLP Regulation, Data, Europe, Pic Regulation, REACH, Substance registration, UK ECHA has published detailed instructions for all companies placing chemical…

RBA Responsible Sourcing Summit The MMTA recently attended the Responsible Sourcing Summit by the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) in Berlin. The Summit provided attendees with four topic areas ranging from…

There’s a more cost-effective way to reopen Europe’s disused and flooded mines. Scientists demonstrate how with a novel robotic underwater ore extraction system. Europe has an estimated EUR 100 billion…

The periodic table  stares down from the walls of just about every chemistry lab. The credit for its creation generally goes to Dimitri Mendeleev, a Russian chemist who in 1869 wrote out…

亲爱的各位会员， 一声迟到的祝福——新年快乐！ 随着北美圣诞及新年假日的结束，天气也稍微暖和了一点。

每年三月，燕子归巢，每年六月，鲑鱼返乡。 每年1月，北美小金属行业的盛事都会回到MMTA在纽约举办的年度晚宴上，度过一个美食、社交与信息交融的愉快夜晚。

Bacterial protein could help find materials for your next smartphone December 19, 2018 by Gail Mccormick, Pennsylvania State University A newly discovered protein could help detect, target, and collect from the…

NEW MMTA MEMBER Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd   Established in 2006, we are a leading producer of tantalum- and niobium-based metallurgical products in China, with a production volume…

Mining asteroids could unlock untold wealth – here’s how to get started May 2, 2018 12.25pm BST Several privately funded space companies are locked in a race to claim the trillions…

MMTA’s New York Dinner Every March the swallows return to the mission of San Juan Capistrano in California. Every June the salmon return upstream to the fresh Northwest waters of…

Metals on Mars By Amanda Doyle – Mar 15, 2018 New research has revealed that a giant impact on Mars more than four billion years ago would explain the unusual amount of…

十一月初，MMTA国际小金属贸易协会在香港举行了首届研讨会。此次活动吸引了近80名来自中国和世界其它地区的代表，大家围绕小金属行业目前所面临的问题展开了讨论。

尊敬的各位会员， 我很高兴从2019年1月2日起担任国际小金属贸易协会总经理。特别是我感到非常幸运能够有机会同玛丽亚一起工作直到四月完成交接，我知道这将是一个巨大的挑战！

Dear MMTA members, It is with great pleasure I am taking up the role of General Manager of the Minor Metals Trade Association as from 2nd January 2019. I am…

Tensions are escalating between China and the US over trade. The Chinese government has announced retaliatory measures on a range of American products including cars and some American agriculture products after the…

Dear Members We’re nearly half way through December and 2018 draws towards its end. Soon the holidays here in New York will be upon us and the likelihood of snow…

Established in 2006, we are a leading producer of tantalum- and niobium-based metallurgical products in China, with a production volume more than the second and third players combined together. We…

The Minor Metals Trade Association held its inaugural seminar in Hong Kong in early November. The event attracted close to 80  participants from China and the rest of the world…

Process that modifies semiconductor material atom by atom could enable higher-performance electronics Rob Matheson I MIT News Office December 7 2018 Researchers from MIT and the University of Colorado have…

Scientists at Rice University have created a solid-state memory technology that allows for high-density storage with a minimum incidence of computer errors. The memories are based on tantalum oxide, a…

Drones are everywhere, from tiny stocking fillers to military grade weapons, these unmanned aircraft have changed everything from photography to warfare. They are typically made of light composite materials to…

Fireworks are an integral part of celebrations around the world – Bonfire Night in the UK, a range of Independence Days, weddings and birthdays – but their original use was…

After a childhood accident left him with metal screws in his arm, Michael Sealy was still experiencing pain from the screws many years later, long after the injury itself had…

Indometal (London) Limited was founded in 1988 and is based in London, UK. The   company is a wholly owned subsidiary of PT TIMAH Tbk a State-owned Enterprise, one of the…

Orion Metal Trade Orion Metal Trade have built up a privileged reputation for processing and trading metals which are used across the globe. Vast experience in processing makes us the…

VIEW FROM NORTH AMERICA At last the US looks at its supply chains and comes to some long-overdue conclusions Dear Members I can describe it only as being quite lovely…

The world’s climate scientists have spoken: if we want to limit human-induced global warming to 1.5°C we probably can. But it will be tough, given where we’re starting from. That’s…

The Current Status of Critical Raw Materials in the European union On 27 September 2018, the second bi-annual CRM Day took place at the Club Des Guides, Brussels. The event,…

There was an extremely interesting report published in August from the IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development) based in Canada. Green Conflict Minerals: The fuels of conflict in the transition…

The MMTA’s Anniversary Dinner took place on the 9th October at One Great George Street, the historic and resplendent home of the Institute of Civil Engineers. We were delighted to…

路透北京 – 美国对2000亿美元中国商品征收关税的最终清单中不包括稀土元素，突显美国依赖中国供应这类战略矿产。稀土用于磁铁、雷达和消费电子产品。

9月13日，MMTA国际小金属贸易协会与其会员ICICI银行在伦敦共同主办了一个小型的座谈会，分享了主题为“世界上人口最多和发展最快的市场之一 -——印度开展业务的一些机会和陷阱”。

A brief introduction My name is Elizabeth and I’m a final year medical student at Liverpool University. This is an article written about my elective, which I carried out with…

Used to produce three-dimensional objects of almost any type, across a range of industries, including healthcare, aviation and    engineering, 3-D printed materials have come of age during the last decade.…

Wood foam and metal sponge – can they be combined? That was the question that experts at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood  Research, Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut WKI delved into in a project…

Why we’re hunting for treasure – in old landfill sites Humans are generally getting better at dealing with their mess. In the UK, for instance, 45% of household waste is now recycled…

On 13th September, members of the MMTA joined business clients of MMTA member, ICICI Bank, at their London offices to share some of the opportunities and pitfalls of doing business…

“现金是上帝！”这句谚语流传至今。是的，这是事实。但是这看似永无止境的延期付款条款及其对现金的影响对MMTA会员来说意味着什么呢？东西方之间不断扩大的支付条款分歧如何影响小金属的回收和可持续性以及未来的发展方向？

Dear Members August draws to an end. And next weekend is Labor Day weekend – the “official” end of summer here vis-à-vis vacations, early Fridays, etc., etc. We saw it…

Recycling sustainability as it relates to Minor Metals witnessed great strides in the last century in the context of specialty steel and tool steel manufacturing.  What likely began as a…

会议完整议程请登陆 https://roskill.com/event/tantalum-2018/#programme 下载。 参会费用 $1,595USD。MMTA 会员专享 10% 的优惠（优惠码TA10） 。 请登陆 https://roskill.com/event/tantalum-2018/ 查看最新出席的公司名单。

Antimony isn’t generally considered to be one of the more interesting minor metals.  While it has cropped up on several critical raw materials lists, owing to the high concentration of…

“Cash is King!” so the old business proverb goes.  It is, this is true.  But what about the seemingly never-ending extending payment terms and the effect on cash for members…

Donald McArthy Trading Pte Ltd (DMT) was established in Singapore in 1997 as a trading company specializing in new titanium products and non-ferrous scrap. Today, it is involved in the…

  The full programme is available. Visit https://roskill.com/event/tantalum-2018/#programme to download it now 5 key reasons to attend • Join key tantalum producers to hear the latest outlooks, price forecasts and to…

Donald McArthy Trading Pte Ltd (DMT) 于1997年在新加坡成立，是一家专门从事新钛产品和有色金属废料的贸易公司。

美国总统特朗普提出对另外2000亿美元的中国货物征收关税，威胁到用于医药，引擎和电子消费产品等各种小金属和稀土的尖端贸易。 超过6000种的物品已被指定征收10%的进口关税，包括美国政府五月公布的35种对经济和国防安全起关键性作用的矿物清单中的32种物品。

A team of researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, led by Professor Milan Brandt, are using laser metal deposition technology to build and repair defence aircraft parts in a…

Sales of new-energy passenger vehicles in China amounted to over 92,000 units in May, up 140% year-on-year and up 30% month-on-month, according to wholesale data from China Passenger Car  Association (CPCA)…

陕西华钼实业有限公司于2005年在西安市蓝田县工业园投资建设占地面积4万余平方米的大型现代化钼产品生产基地，是国内知名钼金属加工、深加工、销售全产业链企业。

It has been over 2 years since the British public voted to leave the EU, but the last weeks have seen activity ramping up significantly. With Brexit Secretary David Davis’s…

Hazardous e-waste material exported from the affluent developed world continues to plague cities in developing countries. The city of Moradabad, home to 900,000 people, was once celebrated as the brass…

1. The US Top-Up tariff is likely to cut China’s mineral exports. After the US announced on July 11 that China would be charged an additional 10% import tariff, China’s…

Many economists expect President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminium to increase what American companies and consumers pay for those metals and the goods made from them. Dozens of…

China has recently released its new trade policies. These policy changes will significantly impact foreign and multinational   companies doing business with China. In order to support our MMTA member companies…

Indium Phosphide Under RoHS      Review The MMTA recently coordinated industry input to the EU’s RoHS Consultation on indium phosphide (InP), which was included in the list of seven…

This year’s 59th T.I.C. General Assembly (AGM and conference) will take place 14-17 October 2018 at Marriott Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda.  Widely considered the largest and most important tantalum and niobium networking event…

Roskill’s inaugural Tantalum 2018 Conference will take place on 25-26 September at the Tower Hotel, London This is an unmissable event for all companies involved in the tantalum industry. By…

Toyota says it has invented a new magnet for high-energy applications such as electric motors that uses a fraction of the amount of neodymium of a standard iron, boron, neodymium (NdFeB) magnet.…

Can a seller terminate if a letter of credit is not opened on time? In a recent arbitration decision a tribunal rejected the general principle that the obligation on a buyer…

The MMTA team were sad to learn of the passing of long-standing MMTA Member,  Alex Stewart. OBITUARY- MR. K. ALEXANDER STEWART ASSOCIATE AND FELLOW OF ROYAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   Company…

Shaanxi Head-Moly Industry Co., Ltd. was established in 2005 in Shaanxi Province, China, it is an integrated enterprise which combines molybdenum metal production, processing, sales and export. Our products include…

第24届CRU Ryan’s Notes Ferroalloys Conference 将于2018年10月21日至23日在美国弗洛里达州奥兰多The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress举行。

Elemental Metals 于2017年4月成立，是供给航空、医药、电子及珠宝市场的高纯度元素原料、合金、氧化物和特种化学品的供应商。

美国对伊朗实施的制裁对美国以外的业务意味着什么？ 有一种观点认为，美国退出伊朗核协议（JCPOA）的变化很小。虽然根据联合国安理会第2231（2015）号决议的规定，所有与伊朗核计划有关的联合国制裁，多边和国内制裁措施都将于2016年1月16日之前取消，但是美国的重要制裁仍存在，即使奥巴马总统在2016年1月16日签署了执行伊朗核协议的行政命令。

An artist’s view of the PrandtlPlane shows what future commercial aircrafts could look like. Image credit – Vittorio C/ University of Pisa, Italy, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0   Aviation…

MMTA alumnus, Tiesheng Wang (王铁胜), has found a simple way to fabricate a family of regular 3-D carbon-based materials by soaking solutions of metal salts with supramolecular sponges then baking…

This year’s 24th CRU Ryan’s Notes Ferroalloys conference will take place 21-23 October 2018 at The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando, FL, USA. Widely considered the largest and most important ferroalloys networking…

What does the re-imposition of United States sanctions on Iran mean for business outside the US? On one view, the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)…

NEW MMTA MEMBER Elemental Metals Elemental Metals was formed back in April 2017.  We are a competitive supplier of high purity elemental raw materials, alloys, oxides and specialty chemicals to…

On May 7 1813, when Argentina was beginning the process of beoming a sovereign country, the first Argentinian law for the promotion of mining was sanctioned. The day has now…

The MMTA was pleased to interview the CEO of Matmatch,  Melissa Albeck, to find out more about materials selection and how technology can help. Can you tell us a bit…

The MMTA’s chosen charity, ‘Friends of Mufulira’, now has an account on AmazonSmile. AmazonSmile is a platform that allows you to support a charity of your choice at no extra…

Derek John BENHAM was born in Enfield on 20 November 1952. As a child he had an amateur radio license, and a large aerial at the bottom of the family…

Our MMTA Charity, Friends of Mufulira (FOM), arises out of The Minor Metals Trade Association’s wish to publicly recognize the communities in developing countries upon which we all depend for…

尊敬的各位会员， 光阴似箭，转眼已到五月底。纽约的天气虽然还没有进入夏季，不过气候已逐渐炎热和潮湿。 为了安全起见，我最好不要谈及特朗普先生和他对钢铝的关税政策。因为我相信，最好由专家来评论为好，特别是从一开始就没有如此强烈反对，反对将关税的整个概念作为谈判“武器”的人。我们只需静观其变。只是，对那些在英国和欧洲喜爱波旁威士忌酒的人我感到深深的抱歉（欧盟对美国实施的铝钢进口关税反击，包括向摩托车和波旁威士忌等加征关税）。

在靠近谢菲尔德市的两个冷却塔处，一座新的纪念雕像即将建成。 这座被称为钢铁侠的纪念雕像由罗瑟勒姆委员会委托，将被设计成一座坐在黑色煤炭石板基座上的坐姿雕像，象征着谢菲尔德自Harry Brearley发明不锈钢以来，这100年来钢铁的发展。作为纪念雕像的一部分，一个宽2.5米，长3米的钢心将放置在建筑内。

2018年4月11日至13日，由MMTA主办，Metal Events承办的2018年MMTA国际小金属贸易协会年度峰会在加拿大蒙特利尔成功举办。本次峰会的主题是“全球小金属的市场发展以及小金属行业的前景” 。来自欧洲，北美，南美及亚洲等300余位嘉宾参会。

It is widely believed that a nation’s metal use plateaus when that country’s gross domestic product (GDP) reaches a threshold of $15,000 per person; with rising affluence, the theory goes,…

Economic acrimony has been bubbling between the US and China since Donald Trump became president. Now the tensions have boiled over into escalating tit-for-tat announcements of tariffs on key imports. This…

  Mwangala Mwangala of class 7B, 11 years old, in clean school uniform, steps forward in front of all his teachers, clears his throat, and stands in front of the…

This year’s MMTA International Minor Metals Conference was not only exceptionally well attended, with over 300 delegates, but the speaker programme was also outstanding. New MMTA Chairman Simon Boon of…

Commercially available since the 1970s, the lithium-ion battery is now the workhorse power source in many applications. It can be found in cell phones, laptops and electric vehicles. Yet, much…

Sweden has built the first smart road that will allow electric vehicles to charge as they drive. The eRoadArlanda pilot scheme, which  covers two kilometres of road outside Stockholm, is an…

Anthony Lipmann talks to new MMTA Chairman, Simon Boon Close to the site of the two cooling towers over the Don Valley just outside Sheffield (that briefly had the honour…

View the recent ICMM report on Enhancing mining’s contribution to the Zambian economy and society. Part of the Mining: Partnerships for Development – Spotlight series 18 In 2008, the MMTA initiated…

In 2008 I travelled to Mufulira in Zambia for the first time. After 30 years of knowing the name it was good to be there. As MMTA members know, it…

尊敬的各位会员， 在此春回大地之际，祝愿大家万事如意！ 很遗憾，当您看到此篇文章时，已时过境迁。美国内政部关于“美国经济与国家安全相关的关键矿物清单“的征集意见截止时间是在3月19日。此前内政部在对此清单征集意见[i]（然而这篇文章的发表时间是3月18日星期天上午11点，已经收到了461条意见）。

Materials comparison website lists properties of Marvel’s magical material Have you ever wondered just how strong Black Panther’s suit or Captain America’s shield is? The materials scientists at Matmatch have,…

Dear Members Here’s wishing all members everywhere a very happy spring! We here in the U.S., and I believe, those of you in the UK seem to be some way…

Imagine a world where every country has not only complied with the Paris climate agreement but has moved away from fossil fuels entirely. How would such a change affect global…

Against the backdrop of the recent speech by Theresa May outlining the UK government’s aspirations for Brexit, and President Trump’s tweeted warnings of tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to…

Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology have successfully tested a new material that can be used for cheap and large-scale production of hydrogen – another promising alternative to fossil…

‘The United States must not remain reliant on foreign competitors like Russia and China for the critical minerals needed to keep our economy strong and our country safe’ The signing…

  特朗普的推特已经变成了今日政治的一股“主流”。谁知道每个星期的推特马拉松会为全球关系带来什么？ 三月伊始，特朗普便宣布将对进口到美国的钢和铝分别征收25%和10%的关税。“美国优先”已然行动起来，但这一举动是否会对经济造成意想不到的后果呢？ 首先值得注意的是，这项关税措施针对的是任何出口钢和铝的国家，而非仅仅是那些在美国市场上试图“倾销”不公平补贴产品的国家。批评声音认为钢和铝产业并没有遭遇任何会影响到“保护”关税的具体威胁。澳大利亚总理发推文声明澳大利亚将被免除关税，于是剩下欧盟忐忑不安，所幸最后关头游说组织说服特朗普延缓对欧洲实行此项关税。

研究人员发现，液态金属滴可以变成雪花状。 当美国北卡罗莱纳州立大学的一个科学家小组试图用液态镓铟作为电化学电池中的电极时，他们发现了奇怪的现象：在几秒钟内，金属开始扩散成雪花状。液态镓铟具有液体中最大表面张力，其形态很少发生改变，因此这是极不寻常的现象。 但施加中等电压会引起镓合金与周围电解质（氢氧化钠水溶液）之间的反应。金属表面出现氧化并降低了表面张力，就如肥皂会降低水的表面张力一样。当重力将金属扩散成圆盘状，表面的干扰会将其分解成一片片的“雪花”。“雪花”继续变化，分裂出更多的碎片，形成图案。 参考文献 C B Eaker 等，《物理评论快报》2017, 119, 174502 (DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.174502)  

这是世界上公开展示的最大辉锑矿标本，具有数百个独立的片状晶体，令人叹为观止。辉锑矿是一种含有锑和硫的矿物。2003 年，这个近半吨重的标本从中国东南部的武陵矿中运出。由于晶体是在地下的大洞穴中形成的，因此得以成长至让人印象深刻的长度。这种长度的完整辉锑矿晶体极为罕见。更常见的情况是，采矿者会发现大块的辉锑矿矿床，但其中只有很少量独立的晶体。之后这些矿石被粉碎并“烘烤”，这是提炼锑的过程。这种金属可用于制造发动机轴承、火柴、半导体、陶瓷釉和某些药物。  

们太阳系外的气态行星“热木星”的透射光谱中，首次发现重金属氧化物。 该行星 WASP-19b 和木星一样大，但是温度却高出很多，达到 2000K 左右。之前，科学家通过分析来自类似行星的光，发现了这些行星中有氢、氧、碳、钠、钾等较轻的元素，但从未发现过较重的元素。   使用欧洲南方天文台的巨型望远镜和 FORS2 光谱仪在智利圣地亚哥附近检测来自 WASP-19b 的光。天文学家使用各种模型来解释光谱，并找到了与氧化钛 (Titanium) 以及金属钠和水相对应的峰值。 他们表示，氧化钛的存在可能会改变该行星的不透明性，这可能会导致大气中出现强烈的昼夜温差。同时也可能引起大气温度的变化，通过高精度仪器探测来自该热木星和其他热木星的热辐射，在将来或许哈勃太空望远镜或詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜可以找到答案。 来源：《自然》 By ESO/M. Kornmesser – https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1729a/, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62429212   在巨大的外行星高温大气层中检测到氧化钛 was last modified:…

减重是直升机选材的关键考虑因素。复合材料得到广泛使用，并在直升机总重量中占很高的百分比，尤其是在军用直升机中。但对于某些部位，金属材料仍然是工程师的首选；在成本和可靠性等关键问题上，金属占有绝对的优势。

NASA Armstrong tests nickel-titanium shape-memory alloy for folding aircraft wings January 2018 Source: ASM International NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, Calif., announces a recent series of flight tests in…

Metalshub takes commodity trading into the digital age It’s not the first time that there has been attempt to ‘digitalise’ minor metals trading, but traditional practices have endured.   Now Metalshub…

From the Earth’s Core It is possible to imagine that when the Earth first began, it looked a lot like the geothermal region in the North Island of New Zealand.…

Letter from North America: Morocco   With an Observation on Rare Earths in Russia and Further Observations on Certain Mineral Resources in Morocco and Western Sahara Dear Members I trust…

COBALT: What about small scale miners? In global markets the price of cobalt, used in batteries for high-tech products from phones to cars , has nearly tripled to $81,500 a…

In research that could lead to better gas mask filters, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have been putting the X-ray spotlight on composite…

2017 年 9 月 13 日，欧盟委员会发布人们期待已久的 2017 关键原材料 (CRM) 清单的通讯，新清单将 27 种原材料纳入

Maria Cox discusses her recent visit to China, where she met members old and new.

2017 Antimony Day: Because we are stronger together…

At temperatures as hot as the sun and under pressures over a million times atmospheric pressure, the metal molybdenum melts. Tracking the molten history of the metal clarified the melting…

The mining industry has a problem, bemoaned Codelco chairman Oscar Landerretche…

Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany have developed an environmentally-friendly red light flare popular in fireworks displays and among Soldiers who…

Dear Members A very Happy New Year to MMTA members everywhere. As many of you may have read, here in New Year we are currently experiencing something called a “bombogenesis…

Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Forschungszentrum Jülich have now presented a process that, for the first time ever, allows this so-called lithium plating process to…

在我们太阳系外的气态行星“热木星”的透射光谱中，首次发现重金属氧化物。

As microchips become ever smaller, and therefore faster, the shrinking size of their copper interconnects leads to increased electrical resistivity at the nanoscale. Finding a solution to this impending technical…

The MMTA welcomed over 200 guests to the impressive ballroom of 1 Great George Street during LME week for good food and great company. Dr Robin Gleek was able to…

An overview and history

Magnesium, magnesium, magnesium!

Molybdenum disulfide is an inorganic compound composed of molybdenum and sulfur. Its chemical formula is MoS2 The use of molybdenum disulfide dates back hundreds of years. (see box on page…

Theresa May will travel to Florence to make a major speech on Brexit on Friday 22 September. She is expected to give European dignitaries her view on the state of…

目前，英国仅有5000多台风力发电机组，丹麦等国家通过风力发电获取三分之一的能源，但这项技术是如何运作的？

近日，莱斯大学的研究人员们宣布了一种新型锂基可充电电池原型，其容量可达到当前锂离子电池的三倍。该技术有望成为锂金属电池的一项新进展，特别是解决掉了严重影响电池寿命、甚至造成短路起火爆炸危险的“树突”问题（由于锂沉积导致）。

通过使用镁基金属植入物的可生物降解涂层可以更有效地修复骨折.

紧接上一期，MMTA北美社区Tom Butcher在本期的Crucible中就俄罗斯的战略金属铍,镓和锂的情况作出分析

Sticking to a 2°C global temperature rise (compared to pre-industrial levels) is not looking likely. The Paris Agreement on Climate Change has come into force, and the USA has announced…

Biomimicry: an innovative approach to design, systems and structures that is inspired by nature. By focussing on time-tested biological structures, we can often – but, as you will see, not…

Dear Members From being “quite pleasant” last month, the weather is now really quite unpleasant. For all those of you who may not know much about New York’s meteorological conditions…

In the following piece, doctors Josh Hulman and Helen Wanstall talk about their time at Ronald Ross General Hospital, the main hospital in Mufulira, so named after the clinician who…

The history of gallium nitride tells of a low-efficiency, impure, problematic compound. A relatively modern material, gallium was discovered in 1875 and instantly slotted into a gap in Mendeleev’s periodic…

Rice University scientists have created a rechargeable lithium metal battery with three times the capacity of commercial lithium-ion batteries by resolving something that has long stumped researchers: the dendrite problem.…

Heat is one of the worst enemies of electronics. It can disrupt functionality and cause electronic components to age more quickly, or even destroy them. Now Fraunhofer researchers have developed…

13 months on from the historic vote to leave the European Union, the plan for the Great British exit is somewhat unclear. The second round of negotiations began in mid-July…

涂料是重要的，远远超过燃气轮机。例如，包括应用雷达吸收材料，热保护材料，红外和声纳吸收材料的项目。还有高技术应用，如航天飞机主机燃油泵，需要整个热保护涂层。

中国和俄罗斯在他们拥有和缺乏哪些战略自然资源（包括天然气，石油，钴，镍，锂和其他金属）问题上的讨论一直十分谨慎

2016年中国市场汽车销量达到2300万辆，占全球乘用车销量的30％左右，这使得中国成为迄今为止最大的汽车市场。汽车行业被认为是中国经济的主要支柱之一

An in-depth look at the Chinese Automotive Market

With some Observations on “Strategic” Mineral Resources in Russia

Dr O’Donoghue gives an insight into gas turbine blades

As the first Chinese-built passenger jetliner, the C919 completed its first public flight test last month, the “Made in China” commercial plane and its technology has been the subject of…

Update regarding new arbitration rates

As of the 25th of April, El Salvador has become the first nation in the world to ban metal mining…

欧盟委员会最近发布的报告（MMTA在2016年参与了本报告的制定）概述了委员会加强欧盟2050年工业基础的目标以及有色金属制造在这一愿景中的作用。

2016年，近50％的锂离子电池被用到了自动汽车行业中，高于2014年的27％和2012年的7％。 2015年中国电动客车产量大幅上涨也成为了主要动力。

An overview of the MMTA’s International Minor Metals Conference 2017

An overview of the EU Commission’s recently published report.

The market for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries was 92GWh in 2016, a ten-fold increase from the 9GWh used a decade earlier…

The MMTA was interested to understand the approaches of leading underwriters in the credit insurance market…

A team of scientists working on analysing energy flows in prototype zinc-manganese batteries have stumbled upon a new way to make these power cells much more reliable, with many more…

Dear Members I seem always to start my letter with the weather here in New York. So, why break with a tradition? You’d hardly think it’s May it’s so chilly.…

Researchers have created a high performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries using waste silicon sawdust.

The recently discovered 118 element in the Periodic Table has been named after Yuri Oganessian who leads the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions at the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research…

Defence spending has been big news recently. President Trump announced that he wanted to increase US defence funding to record levels, and the UK announced in last year’s budget that…

A visit to Vital Materials

There’s a known rule-breaker among materials, and a new discovery by an international team of scientists adds more evidence to back up the metal’s nonconformist reputation. According to a new…

Researchers at Duke University have developed tiny nanoparticles that help convert carbon dioxide into methane using only ultraviolet light as an energy source…

The MMTA is pleased to welcome AVAS Trading as a New Member. AVAS’s main traded commodity is Tungsten, with forms ranging from Ores and Concentrates, through Ferro-Tungsten and Chemicals (APT/AMT/YTO/BTO)…

An overview of key points from the recent REACH forum, hosted by Metal Events

The latest update from Tom Butcher

Devices that generate electricity through the thermoelectric effect – that is, the conversion of differences in temperature to an electric voltage – are showing up in everything from clothing to paint, and they…

A short history of mining in Ireland

Geologists estimate that the Earth’s core is around 5,700 K (5,427° C, 9,800° F), around the same temperature as the surface of the Sun. So, how is it that the…

能源部劳伦斯伯克利分校国家实验室（伯克利实验室）科学家和加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校的科学家的新研究指出，处于金属态的二氧化钒的电子在导电时几乎不导热，打破了经典物理定律威德曼-弗朗兹（Wiedemann-Franz）定律。

通过热电效应（即温度差异与电压的转换）产生电力的设备普遍应用于从服装到涂料行业中。但它们在能源产出同时进行回收热量方面却还有很长的路要走。如今，犹他州大学的研究人员已经开发出一种不含有毒化学物质但仍然可以在日常应用中发挥有效作用且价格合理的热电材料。

国防开支近来一直是热点议题。特朗普总统宣布以创历史纪录的水平来增加美国的国防经费支出，英国在去年的预算中宣布将在6年内首次增加国防支出。欧盟基本百分之百依赖于39种原材料中的19种材料的进口。中国是以上三分之一的原材料的主要生产国。

Surfaces that have been coated with rare earth oxides develop water-repelling properties only after contact with air

A special type of small sulfur-rich protein, metallothioneins, have an extraordinary capability for binding heavy metals. An international team of scientists has now discovered that the marine common periwinkle, which…

2017年3月16日，欧洲议会以558票对17票通过了一项欧盟条例草案。该草案旨在履行国际义务，防止侵犯人权和通过锡、钽、钨、金的贸易向武装集团提供资金来源。

通常的粘合剂在连接两个物体后，若使粘合的两个物体强行分开，可能出现材料的损坏或出现残渣。金属镓熔点温度与室温相近，具有可逆性，可以使得物体分开后竟和粘合前一样！

2016年，电动汽车需求增长36％。随着技术的提升，锂离子电池的性能也使得电动汽车逐渐步入主流。随着特斯拉“超级工厂”对现有的锂资源的消耗，满足原材料的需求已成为当前主要的挑战。智利，加拿大和澳大利亚一直是锂的主要供应国。今天，我们发现英国也将有机会成为锂的供应国之一。

铌产业发展到目前只有几十年。在过去十年左右，这个产业发生了巨大变化，而在未来，铌产业可能将面临更多的转变。

The MMTA interviews Jeremy Wrathall of Cornish Lithium

PGS is a London Metal Exchange (LME) certified operator and provides a complete range of logistics services to the base metal Industry (Producers, Traders, Brokers, Banks). To ensure high quality standards,…

The human body often rejects foreign objects introduced. This mechanism is designed to protect the body from damage, but is very problematic for medical devices implanted to help a patient.…

An update on upcoming legislation, courtesy of CRM Alliance.

2017 had scarcely begun before London residents were informed that air pollution limits for the entire year had been breached in several areas. Just 5 days in to the New…

Gallium has been found to have rather interesting new use. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have created a reversible adhesive from the metal that displays glue-like properties. Potential applications…

Siemens 3D print turbine blades for the first time.

The latest update from Tom Butcher.

Within the space of a few short years, the face of the global niobium industry, particularly ferroniobium, has changed almost out of recognition. As recently as 2011, the Brazilian niobium…

Littering and fly tipping are the bane of many a community. But already, the human race has managed to pollute space with numerous pieces of junk. Currently, an estimated 100…

*See this month’s article “Gallium as a simple, reversible adhesive”

在新总统就职典礼的前夕，50名MMTA会员和朋友相聚在MMTA的纽约年度晚宴上。我们看到，无论是在对新年头几周的业务，还是对新政方面的期待，大家总体还是持乐观情绪。

阿富汗矿产资源格局分析

Following an animated networking reception, CPM’s Mu Li offered an outlook on planned policy shifts that are expected to affect commodity markets, and what these shifts could mean for both the global economy and for commodities.

Dear Members Ah, the joys of living in New York!  When I first came over here to live in the early ‘90s, you knew that winter was actually going to…

Harvard University scientists claimed in the journal Science to have produced metallic hydrogen, a substance never before seen on earth…

MMTA新闻概述

News in brief for February 2017

Marsh is a global leader in insurance broking and risk management. In more than 130 countries, our experts help clients to anticipate, quantify, and more fully understand the range of…

ECC: an overview of the key updates

MFG is a competent supplier of raw materials to foundries, steel works, alloy producers, refractory producers and other industries. As a producer and trader, we offer a broad product portfolio…

Ton Schox, from Cunningham Lindsey, gives us a glimpse into the world of warehouse inspections!

The British public has spoken and the long and winding road to leaving the EU has started. Those at the helm have the challenge of steering the nation to a prosperous new future outside the confines of the EU while avoiding the many pitfalls. Whatever your personal feeling on the matter, the political, social and economic uncertainty that has been unleased makes for truly interesting times.

BOMET Recycling Inc. is a non-ferrous scrap metal wholesale recycling company, with its main facility located in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.

We offer you a range of personal, business, corporate and investment banking services in the UK and Europe. We’re a wholly owned subsidiary of ICICI Bank Ltd, an award-winning global bank.

During my recent visit to China to participate in the CNIA Global  Minor Metals Forum (China), I was delighted to be invited to visit the Hunan Jinwang Bismuth Industrial Co…

The Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center (T.I.C.) was established in 1973 to support, develop and promote the global tantalum and niobium industries. Today the T.I.C. has around 90 member companies from 25…

The MMTA is delighted to announce that we have recently joined the Non-ferrous Alliance (NFA) as part of our goal to increase the MMTA’s interconnectivity with relevant industry associations and…

We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues to a two-day import/export training course on operational issues and procedures. We would ask you to forward this email to all…

Ground-breaking research from the University of Surrey and Augmented Optics Ltd., in collaboration with the University of Bristol, has developed potentially transformational technology which could revolutionise the capabilities of appliances…

Dear Members Much has happened since I wrote you on November 8th last year: The old year has passed and we are now getting stuck in to 2017; Mariah Carey’s…

December 11th marked the anniversary of China’s 15 years as a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). It was expected, by China, that they would finally attain “market-economy status”…

By China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association - Lithium Branch (CNIA-Li)  Since new energy industry was the key support orientation in the “Made in China 2025”National Strategy and during the 13th-Five-Year…

This is how the UK Government intends to convert EU law into British Law. However, not all EU environmental law can simply be copied in this manner, including REACH.

This one-day forum will tackle any last-minute questions you and your team may have as the deadline for REACH registration approaches in June 2018. Are you prepared? What do you need to do? How have things changed since 2010?

We have now updated our Members’ Directory to include all products our members trade, not just minor metals. You will see an ‘Other Metals Available’ list at the bottom of…

The internet of Things (IoT) has become a well recognised phrase over the last few years, and for good reason. It’s about connecting devices over the internet and letting them talk to us, applications and each other.

Euromet is a trading company for non-ferrous metals, bulk ferro-alloys, noble alloys and pig-iron.

Founded in 1964, Ireland Alloys Limited specialises in buying, processing and selling complex alloys as well as providing services and solutions to all of your revert management and secure disposal problems.

My second candidate for Tea with the MMTA, Nick French, arrives – dare I say it – looking remarkably relaxed. It is not six months since this metal merchant with…

Adapted from Teletronic, the television history site The conditions for the birth of television can be traced back to 1817, when the Swedish scientist Berzelius discovered selenium, a metalloid in…

Red mud field at the French alumina producer Alteo, in Gardanne, France. Due to the growing level of environmental awareness in the last few decades, legislation about industrial waste disposal…

Dear Members By the time you read this letter, we will have a new president here in the U.S. However, as I write it this bright, crisp, afternoon here in…

Graphene has been around now for some 12 years. For those in the minor metals industry, should it be seen as a friend or a foe – a substitute or complementary? This short piece will look at graphene: what it is and just some of what it does. And how it may be regarded by those involved in minor metals.

By Dr K. Dessai, Independent Consultant in Metals, Mining and Energy Minor metals are used in the commonly-known applications of aerospace, automotive and energy generation, to name a few, and…

Our Mission: We made the decision many years ago to centralize our focus on Tungsten and the alloys that are part of its family. Our mission is to be the…

How Will You Explain the Impact of the New Law to Your CEO? Chemical registration in the U.S. just got more complicated and expensive. President Obama recently signed into law…

By Maria Cox, MMTA Ever since the defeated French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte’s death in 1821, on the island of St. Helena, where he lived in exile for nearly six years,…

By James Walsh, MMTA Scientists have developed a new material that has the potential to lead to a new generation of computing devices, by packing in more power while at…

By Gina Evangelidis, MMTA The technique founded by Gunther Von Hagens in 1978, allows biological specimens to be prepared for research, teaching and demonstration purposes. My most recent encounter with…

By Ines Van Lierde, EuroAlliages EU duties on silicon originating in the People’s Republic of China have been renewed this year for an additional 5 years, as detailed in the…

BMW plans to turn new and used electric vehicle batteries into a system that can store energy for homes and businesses. The product—recently unveiled in Montreal, marks the company’s entry…

Baby Boom! There have  been several MMTA babies over the summer: congratulations to Tamara Alliot (MMTA), David Gussack (MMTA Board and  Exotech), Gregory Buchheit (MMTA Board and F.W. Hempel) and…

On July 30th, the grand opening ceremony of Tesla’s Gigafactory based outside Sparks, Nevada took place. Although nowhere near full planned capacity, this is a major step for Tesla moving…

By Tom Butcher, Independent Consultant Dear Members I trust all of you have had excellent summers, whether away on holiday in parts far (near), or at home. We’ve had a…

By James Walsh, MMTA The search for new hard materials is often challenging, but the vast application potential is a strong incentive to continue this pursuit. One recent success lies with…

The MMTA is delighted to announce that it has signed a cooperation agreement with German Geokompetenzzentrum (GKZ) in Frieberg. GKZ is a triple helix network of industry, research, and administration…

By Ian Weekes, Crowe, Clarke, Whitehill EU announces agreement to curb the trade in Conflict Minerals The EU has announced that agreement has been reached in negotiations between the Commission,…

By Jung-ui Sul, Sidley Austin LLP The EU’s modernized customs rules came into effect in May 2016. We reported on the key changes in the new rules in the March…

The major use of rhodium is in catalytic converters for cars (80-85%), where it reduces nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases. In brief, exhaust gases contain three harmful pollutants, created by…

By David Clayton, Medical Student Medical electives are an important and hugely exciting part of the medical curriculum – offering a chance to observe and get engaged in healthcare systems…

China’s accession to the WTO (World Trade Organization) in 2001 saw them being recognised as a non-market economy in transition, meaning that unless Chinese firms could prove they were operating…

By Jack Swindon, RJH Trading Ltd

The potential resources from space mining are limitless. Scientists have already confirmed that water is present on the moon. NASA says that frozen water in the dark recesses of polar craters can be extracted and split into hydrogen, which can be used for rocket fuel as well as conversion into oxygen for breathing…

The mining and metals industry has an image problem. Dirty, corrupt and exploitative are words that may spring to mind in certain parts of the world. Energy intensive and polluting are probably used even more widely. However, without the mining of ores and their subsequent processing into metals, we would have no buildings, infrastructure, consumer products (not to mention anything even vaguely high-tech), we would literally still be stuck in the Stone Age.

Dr. Ing. Martin Tauber, Industry Consultant, President Critical Raw Materials (CRM) Alliance, Member of International Magnesium  Association (IMA) EU Committee Contact martintauber3120@gmail.com Although magnesium still has a strong position in…

REACH—no change in sight to 2018 deadline requirements Maria Cox, MMTA The UK’s decision on 23 June to leave the EU has created some concern about the status of REACH,…

Could electric vehicles be one solution to energy storage? Maria Cox, MMTA What if the electricity grid were to use the batteries in the growing numbers of electric vehicles to…