The Government is to fund the development of car traction motors that do not need rare-earth magnets. The project,'Rapid design and development of a switched reluctance traction motor',will be led by Cobham Technical Services and involve ...
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In order to separate fine iron filings from product or foodstuff such as Feldspar quartz, or silica sand, magnetic roll separator is usually employed. The separator is composed of several segments such as electromagnetic feeder, Hopper, ...
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Solid-state lighting company TerraLUX has closed a series B venture-capital funding round worth USD18.3 million, while quantum-dot developer Pacific Light Technologies has raised USD3.0 million in a series A round. TerraLUX closes ...
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Platts reports Thursday China will start forcing rare earth producers out of business if they don't qualify for new value-added tax permits being allocated from May 1. Officially it's China's latest bid to curb resource plundering, ...
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Royal Philips Electronics has started working on a technology that will significantly reduce its dependence on rare earth minerals for creating its light-emitting diode ( LED ) lighting products. "We have launched some innovation ...
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The U.S. Defense Department needs to realize the dangerous consequences a potential lack of domestic rare earths may have on the U.S. weapon industry, suggests a latest study by the Congress released last week. The document, titled Rare ...
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Brazilian miner World Mineral Resources (WMR) has found a large reserve of neodymium, one of the 17 rare earth elements, in the western Bahia state (photo), which could bring US$8.4 billion to the country. Local newspaper Nova Fronteira ...
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The U.S., Japan and the European Union have filed an official complaint at the World Trade Organization this morning, urging the body to take actions against China’s restrictions on these metals. "China's restrictions on rare earths ...
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China has announced the total quota for rare earth exports in first-half 2012 is 25,000 tons. This is similar to the quota in 2011, said industry sources. However, a new regulation set for the 2012 rare earth export quota divides total ...
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China has announced the total quota for rare earth exports in first-half 2012 is 25,000 tons. This is similar to the quota in 2011, said industry sources. However, a new regulation set for the 2012 rare earth export quota divides total ...
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Electric motors are usually either based on an alternating current (AC) or a direct current (DC), though some motors can run either way. Electric motors use electricity to power a mechanical function. Although most electric motors still ...
Newly, Philips CEO Frans van Houten has announced that the company could soon cut prices on LED light bulbs. During a conference call with analysts to discuss financial results for the fourth quarter and year that ended Dec. 31, 2011, van ...
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Newly, Philips CEO Frans van Houten has announced that the company could soon cut prices on LED light bulbs. During a conference call with analysts to discuss financial results for the fourth quarter and year that ended Dec. 31, 2011, ...
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Those high-efficiency compact fluorescent lights that are supposed to replace energy-wasting incandescent bulbs have a looming problem: the materials to make them are in short supply. So are materials vital for things like ...
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Delegates from Mongolia have visited Intensiv-Filter facilities in Germany to gather information about the company’s bag filter technology. Inner Mongolia is the main location of the Chinese coal industry, iron industry and steel ...
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