LG Innotek, a leading global components manufacturer, today announced that the company has developed world's first "rare earth free" automotive dual-clutch transmission (DCT) motor. The development of the new DCT motor and associated ...
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“America’s dependence on foreign nations for minerals is a choice. Our solution to our dependence isn’t a lack of resource; it is a lack of courage and commitment to produce the resources here,” declared Rep. Doug ...
Tags: Mineral, Policy, Electrical, Electronics
I keep hearing, even among some in the alternative media, that the overpopulation of humans on our planet is a myth because "all the people in the world could fit in the state of Texas." Sure they can, but then where would they pee? ...
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The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) officially opened its new mineral processing pilot plant in Saskatoon today. The pilot plant, announced in the fall of 2012, is now fully operational and has been well-received by the mining industry, ...
Tags: Mineral, Metallurgy
The WTO lawsuit is expected to reach a verdict at the end of this year. Members of the Chinese Society of Rare Earths (CSRE) and Association of Rare Earth Industry (ACREI) have expressed that China has a high chance of losing the lawsuit ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In the ice-cold cargo hold of a pirate tuna vessel in the Pacific, I have somehow lost my shoe. Frozen tuna fins slice my unshod foot as I fumble around on all fours, reaching into the gigantic, frigid pile. I had boarded the pirate ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, fish
Researchers have announced a collaboration to develop an affordable photovoltaic (PV) system capable of concentrating solar radiation 2000 times and converting 80% of the incoming radiation into useful energy. The system can also provide ...
Tags: Swiss Funding, IBM, Electronics
Recolight, the WEEE compliance provider, has implemented a system for recovering the rare earth minerals from Gas Discharge Lamps (GDLs) and making them available to lamp producers. In recent years, shortages of rare earth materials, ...
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment compliance provider Recolight has come up with a new system for recovering the rare earth minerals that come from Gas Dishcarge Lamps. Now lamp producers and light companies will be able to ...
Tags: Electronic Equipment, Recolight, Lighting
The WEEE compliance provider Recolight has implemented a system for recovering the rare earth minerals from Gas Discharge Lamps (GDLs) and making them available to lamp producers. In recent years, shortages of rare earth materials, which ...
Tags: Recolight, Rare Earth Minerals
The US energy industry must vigorously oppose efforts to restrict exports of liquefied natural gas, ExxonMobil Chemical President Stephen Pryor said Wednesday at the IHS World Petrochemical Conference. As the US Department of Energy ...
The Jamaican government has announced the discovery of an abundance of rare earth minerals in its soil by a team of Japanese scientists. AP reports that Philip Paulwell, Minister of Science, Technology, Energy & Mining, has informed ...
Tags: Rare Earth Minerals, Metallurgy, Mineral
South Korea has diversified its sources of rare earth minerals in order to diminish reliance upon monopoly supplier China,which currently accounts for over 90%of global production. Global Times reported last month that South Korea's ...
Tags: South Korea, rare earth minerals, Japan, China
The World Trade Organization will investigate China's quotas and tariffs on rare earth minerals following prompting from the US, EU and Japan, who allege the export restrictions are in contravention of international trade regulations. ...
China's Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Group one of the largest producers of rare earth minerals in the world, announced that it has signed agreements with 12 Inner Mongolia based upstream rare earth enterprises and their ...