The Crucible: January 2018
‘In the long run…’ Demand, supply, and the economics of resource availability
The mining industry has a problem, bemoaned Codelco chairman Oscar Landerretche…
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In his book, The Last Sorcerers, Richard Morris charts the path from alchemy to the periodic table. He describes how scientists and philosophers have tried for well over two thousand… -
A new material with a higher melting point than any other known substance has potentially been discovered by scientists. The alloy, which is a combination of hafnium, carbon and nitrogen,…