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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: February - March 2018NASA Armstrong tests nickel-titanium shape-memory alloy for folding aircraft wings padlock
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…