DG GROWTH’s recent by-product metal recovery conference in Brussels was host to widely diverse views on the technology and policy challenges of increasing the availability of a range of materials…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: August 2023CarbonChain and MMTA partner to empower the minor metals industry in the low-carbon transition
Dear Members, We are excited to announce the Minor Metals Trade Association has partnered with CarbonChain to help drive the metals industry towards a more sustainable future. CarbonChain is an…
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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,… -
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… -
MMTA News In light of our work progress over the past year and current priorities, the MMTA board has decided to retire the News Spot-light Group and to reconvene…
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Technology metals, which include today’s strategic metals, incorporate minor metals and rare earth elements (REEs), and are present in almost every advanced electronic device and system. Without their contributions, major… -
CrucibleMMTA Member newsResourcesSustainability and Resource ManagementThe Crucible: September 2022The importance of ESG in the Rare Earth industry
A-level student Rachel Higgins recently spent two weeks on work experience at MMTA member company, UK rare earth processor Less Common Metals. There she divided her time between different departments…
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In Part 1 of this series for The Crucible analysts Andrew Matheson and Patrick Stratton of CPM Group tackle the tension at the heart of Net Zero’s reliance on minor…
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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.