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CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleMinor Metals and ApplicationsThe Crucible: March 2023
Critical materials underpinning energy transition: dysprosium & terbium
by Polina Sparks March 31, 2023This month Project Blue is looking more closely at two of the rare earths underpinning energy transition: dysprosium and terbium. Dysprosium (Dy) and terbium (Tb) are two elements that form…
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CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleResourcesThe Crucible: April 2023
Critical materials underpinning energy transition: Lithium
by Polina Sparks April 21, 2023Project Blue looks at the evolving role of lithium in energy transition, and the opportunities and challenges that make lithium this decade’s key critical raw material This month we…
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CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleMinor Metals and ApplicationsThe Crucible: May 2022
Critical materials underpinning energy transition: niobium
by Polina Sparks May 24, 2022Niobium might seem like a strange choice for Project Blue’s first submission to the Crucible on the subject of critical materials underpinning energy transition. After all, it’s mostly used in…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: March 2023
Energy transition and metal requirements — a realistic assessment
by Polina Sparks March 31, 2023In Part 2 of this series for The Crucible, analysts Andrew Matheson and Patrick Stratton of CPM Group examine what transport electrification means for minor metals CPM Group analysts…
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Giga Europe 2024
by Polina Sparks February 5, 2024s, baBenchmark is delighted to announce the return of Giga Europe 2024 – where the region’s government, industry and finance will meet to chart a course for the region’s lithium ion…
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Motor, Drive Systems and Magnetics (MDSM) Conference
by Polina Sparks October 12, 2023MDSM is the world’s leading conference & expo focused on the latest technical advancements in motor, drive systems, motion control, magnetic applications, technology, and rare earth materials. This is a…
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Major moves in Michigan As mentioned in the January Crucible, lithium never sleeps. And neither does the rampant new trend of onshoring, and “friend-shoring”, heralded in particular by North America…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: September 2022
News in Brief – End Markets Roundup
by Polina Sparks September 29, 2022Aerospace After a two-year pause, Boeing resumed deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner after recertification. This helped take Boeing total aircraft deliveries to 35 in August from 26 in July and…
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Aerospace As in April, aircraft deliveries by Boeing in May were more than double those of the same month last year, at 35 planes compared with 17. Deliveries up to…
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CrucibleMinor Metals and ApplicationsThe Crucible: July/August 2022
News in Brief — End Market Round-up
by Polina Sparks August 26, 2022Aerospace This year it was the turn of Farnborough in the UK to host the International Airshow, and Boeing was the clear winner on order numbers. During the show, Boeing…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: October 2022
News in Brief — End Markets Roundup
by Polina Sparks October 22, 2022Aerospace Airbus pushed ahead of Boeing on in Q3, delivering 140 passenger aircraft including 46 in July, 39 in August and 53 in September. This compared with 112 deliveries from…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: September 2022
Pensana partners with Polestar on climate neutral car project
by Polina Sparks September 20, 2022UK-based prospective rare earth producer Pensana has partnered with Volvo’s electric vehicles spin-off Polestar on its project to create the first truly climate-neutral car by 2030. The scope of the…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: November 2023
Rare Earths: Heading for a hangover?
by Polina Sparks December 4, 2023On the heels of the Metals Events 19th Rare Earths Conference in San Antonio, Texas, USA, in October, Andrew Matheson and Patrick Stratton, analysts at CPM Group, delve into the…
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CrucibleMinor Metals and ApplicationsSustainability and Resource ManagementThe Crucible: October 2022
Trading Places: Material and Technology Substitution in the Electronic Age
by Polina Sparks October 22, 2022As one who pays superficial attention to the booming battery industry, I’m struck by the frequency with which new technologies are touted that are “set to replace lithium-ion…
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CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleMinor Metals and ApplicationsThe Crucible: November 2023
Why the rare earths industry needs transparency now more than ever
by Polina Sparks December 4, 2023Fastmarkets has relaunched rare earth prices and coverage after a pause of several years. The Crucible asked Strategic Markets Editor for Technology Metals, Caroline Messecar, to talk about why a…