A group of 140 PhD scientists, working full-time on thorium power at the Shanghai Institute of Nuclear and Applied Physics, is getting close to creating a new generation of thorium reactors that produce much less toxic waste and don’t ...
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Surging derivatives trade on the Australian Securities Exchange last month helped offset the continued decline in equities trading as the market operator searches for new growth business. Investors are continuing to treat shares with ...
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Greenland’s treasure trove of rare earth metals, the largest deposit outside of China, cannot be mined because the elements are connected to restricted radioactive materials. Several reports, such as The Epoch Times’ latest ...
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Tasman Metals Ltd. ("Tasman" or the "Company") (TSXV : TSM) (Frankfurt : T61) (NYSE MKT : TAS). Mark Saxon, President & CEO, is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in three new rare ...
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A power station in the south of Iran has been hit by a cyberattack, an Iranian news agency reported Tuesday, citing a local civil defense official. But now agency and official are in dispute over whether he really made the remarks. The ...
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IDG News Service - A deeper look into the Flame malware, linked to the infamous Stuxnet, has revealed that it may be just one of four pieces of malware created by the same unknown development team. Flame became public in May after Iran ...
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A new Flame and Stuxnet-related cyber-threat,dubbed Gauss,is targeting users in the Middle East,security researchers have revealed. Gauss is a complex,state-sponsored cyber-espionage toolkit with online banking Trojan functionality not ...
Symantec had spotted another odd piece of malware that appears to be targeting Iran and is designed to meddle with SQL databases. The company discovered the malware, called W32.Narilam, on Nov. 15 but on Friday published a more detailed ...
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Avocet Resources plans to merge with Lion One Metals with the execution of a deal at a substantial premium,that values Avocet at AUD 7.6 million. Significantly,the merged entity will have a market capitalization of CAD 35 million and ...
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CoDeSys, a piece of software running on industrial control systems (ICS) from over 200 vendors contains a vulnerability that allows potential attackers to execute sensitive commands on the vulnerable devices without the need for ...
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Japan and India have reached a basic agreement to jointly develop rare earths, used in the production of several high-tech goods from weapons to cell phones, and supply Tokyo with about 14% of its rare earth needs, reports The Mainichi. ...
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA–(Marketwire -03/21/12)-Greenland Minerals and Energy Limited ("GMEL" or "the Company") (ASX: GGG.AX - News) is pleased to announce the first mineral resource estimate for the 'Zone 2' multi-element deposit. ...
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Colorado Republican congressman Mike Coffman managed to tie together a popular video game, US President Barack Obama and rare earth mining in an op-ed published in The Washington Times last week. Even by the not very high standards of ...
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Canadian rare earths explorer Pele Mountain Resources (TSX-V:GEM) closed up 18% on Monday after the Toronto company announced an updated PEA on its Eco Ridge project. The project near Elliott Lake, Ontario,is now looking at a 9,000 tpd ...
Tags: Canada, Exploration, PELE MOUNTAIN RESOURCES INC., Rare Earth, Uranium
Scientists from France's Ecole Polytechnique have developed a remarkable new technology which extracts trace amounts of gold from industrial waste water. Fairfax reports that the new technology was first developed in 2007, and involves ...
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