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#India will be woefully short of critical minerals necessary for developing clean-energy applications, infrastructure for its solar mission and for manufacturing high-technology products in the future. The country will be heavily dependent on #China in the coming years to source these materials for its manufacturing sector, says a report commissioned by the Department of Science and Technology.

Read more at: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/india-to-run-short-of-hightech-minerals/article8943915.ece

#HP Inc. will introduce  a $130,000 #3DPrinter later this year, which it says can make parts at half the expense and at least 10 times faster than rival printers — and likely use lower-cost materials.

Read more at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-04/this-time-3d-printer-makers-think-they-ve-found-a-sweet-spot

The #Philippine government has suspended the operations of a seventh #Nickel miner deepening an environmental crackdown that has caused jitters in global nickel markets.

Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/philippines-mining-suspension-idUSL3N1AL1QIhttp://www.reuters.com/article/philippines-mining-suspension-idUSL3N1AL1QI

A team of #UniversityOfToronto chemists has created a battery that stores energy in a biologically derived unit, paving the way for cheaper consumer electronics that are easier on the environment.

The team created the material from vitamin B2 that originates in genetically-modified fungi using a semi-synthetic process to prepare the polymer by linking two flavin units to a long-chain molecule backbone.

This allows for a green battery with high capacity and high voltage — something increasingly important as the ‘Internet of Things’ continues to link us together more and more through our battery-powered portable devices.

Read more at: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160803072828.htm

#Australia is on track to host the world’s two biggest #Lithium mines as soaring sales of electric vehicles and mobile phones in #China drives demand for the rare metal.

Read more at: http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/breaking-news/australia-at-centre-of-lithium-boom/news-story/bce5398486db137554138eec02f59d15

#Philippine President #Rodrigo #Duterte ratcheted up pressure on the country’s miners, the world’s biggest suppliers of #Nickel ore, telling them either to comply with international environmental standards or shutter. Nickel prices headed for their highest close in about a year.

Read more at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-01/duterte-warns-philippine-miners-nation-can-survive-without-you