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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Dear Reader It may not be easy to imagine living in a town where almost every person of working age has lost their job – but this is how it… -
The sword is a weapon full of imagery – of great armies and knights – but it also parallels the metallurgical developments that made its use possible. Its invention, the… -
C P Broadbent (Wardell Armstrong), R Seltmann (Natural History Museum), J Drielsma (Euromines), W Reimer (Geokompetenzzentrum Freiberg), M Cox (MMTA) Because there is no exploration and little process technology development… -
CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleThe Crucible: April 2022China’s tellurium industry development trend
Tellurium is one of the scattered metalloids. It is mainly used in semiconductor devices, alloys, chemical raw materials production, or used as additives in cast iron, rubber, glass, and…
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Against a disrupted market, the Fastmarkets’ Copper Conference will cut through the noise to bring you clear insights on the topics that are impacting you. You will address the ongoing…
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FOM work never so vital At the end of April our first elective of 2024, a medical student from the University of Edinburgh, travels to Mufulira in Zambia. She will…
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Molybdenum is consumed in a broad array of chemical and metallurgical applications spanning the energy, transport, construction, chemical, medical and electronics industries. CRU’s Samuel Hayes discusses the ongoing supply deficit and…
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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… -
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…
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Continuing with the mobile phone theme, and after the previous pages’ infographics on the raw materials found in mobile devices, it is pertinent to talk about the variety and complexity… -
Members of the MMTA will be aware of our Association’s link with the copperbelt town of Mufulira, the place where copper has been mined since the 1930s. It is a… -
Tom Butcher, Consultant A Bit of Background Iran has lived with sanctions for many years now. And still does. The first hefty set of sanctions was unilaterally imposed upon the… -
CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleLegislation and RegulationResourcesSustainability and Resource ManagementThe Crucible: January 2023Letter from North America
Resources: Protect of Promote? Dear Members. Good Morning and a very Happy New Year! This Sunday morning, here in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, I am looking out on only a little…
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The visit began with a highly enjoyable networking evening in Hamburg’s harbour area, where around 25 MMTA and VDM members met for dinner and conversation, washed down with plenty of…
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Welcome to the November Crucible Dear MMTA members, Welcome to your November 2023 edition of the Minor Metal Trade Association’s magazine, the Crucible. Following on from the October webinar, Mastering…
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25-26 April 2023 Charlotte, NC, USA Day 1 – Tuesday, April 25 For delegates who had neither played golf at the Bermuda Run Country Club (kindly sponsored by ICD…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: June 2018
Newly discovered copper and graphite combo could lead to more efficient lithium-ion batteries
A first-of-its-kind copper and graphite combination discovered in basic energy research at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory could have implications for improving the energy efficiency of lithium-ion batteries,…
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Part 10: Standing at the threshold Retired metal merchant, Anthony Lipmann, illuminates trading for the young entering the world of metals. As you pause at the threshold of your career,…
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By Gina Evangelidis The European solar industry grew by 15% in 2015, continuing Europe’s reign as the chief continent for solar powered energy. Germany is currently the biggest player in… -
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… -
In the world of smart phones, smart watches and even smart central heating, why not take a look at smart alloys? In particular shape memory alloys (SMAs). SMAs ‘remember’ their… -
The history of human civilisation can be told through metal smelting, from the Copper to the Bronze to the Iron Age, and onwards. And, since civilisations are communities and economies,…
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Notes from the Other Side Retired metal merchant, Anthony Lipmann, illuminates trading for the young entering the world of metals. When I was young in the 1960s our schoolteacher…
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By Tamara Alliot, MMTA The Ancient Greeks spoke of a metal that could be found in the mythical city of Atlantis, and earlier this month this metal known as orichalcum… -
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,… -
CrucibleFriends of MufuliraThe Crucible: September/October 2023What does the future hold for Mufulira?
How medical and economic health go together The MMTAs twinned relationship with Mufulira in which we send NHS medical students to the Ronald Ross General Hospital in Zambia is multifunctional.…
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Visual Capitalist produces some fanstastic infographics, and they kindly gave the Crucible permission to reproduce them. The image below shows ‘What’s inside an iPhone 6’ and as you can see… -
The World Copper Conference and CESCO Week – the premier industry event in the Copper Calendar – will take place on 17-19 April in Santiago, Chile. This unique gathering provides…