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U.S. judge dismisses Rio Tinto lawsuit against Vale

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A sign adorns the building where mining company Rio Tinto has their office in Perth, Western Australia, November 19, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray

SpaceX wins NASA deal to fly astronauts to space station

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SpaceX wins NASA deal to fly astronauts to space station

#NASA gave #SpaceX some good news Friday by officially ordering a future flight that will take astronauts to the International Space Station.

NASA gave SpaceX some good news Friday by officially ordering a future flight that will take astronauts to the International Space Station.

Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-spacex-nasa-20151121-story.html

ORNL microscopy captures real-time view of evolving fuel cell catalysts

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ORNL microscopy captures real-time view of evolving fuel cell catalysts

Atomic-level imaging of catalysts by #Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (#ORNL) could help manufacturers lower the cost and improve the performance of emission-free #FuelCell #Technologies.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-11-ornl-microscopy-captures-real-time-view.html#jCp

Nickel smelter developers shelve Indonesia projects amid credit squeeze

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JAKARTA, Nov 18 Nickel smelter developers are putting projects on hold as they struggle to get financing with metal prices near their lowest in more than a decade, industry and government stakeholders said on Wednesday.
Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/18/indonesia-nickel-idUSL3N13D3SG20151118#BpbOEpkpGqsYcI5y.99

System solutions for 3D-Printing

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#BASF, the world’s leading chemical company, #Farsoon Hi-tech, a manufacturer of selective #Laser sintering and melting, and Laser-Sinter-Service (LSS), a supplier of support and field service for #AdditiveManufacturing (AM) equipment are cooperating to develop integral solutions for materials, printers, technology and service for #3DPrinting that can be tailored to meet individual customer needs.

Read more at: https://www.basf.com/en/company/news-and-media/news-releases/2015/11/p-15-404.html

Graphite Corp. Announces Independent Study Confirming Company Battery Testing

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Graphite Corp., a company in the Nanotechnology, #Graphene and #EnergyStorage sector as a commercializer of promising, disruptive nanotechnologies, announced that a recent third party independent test of Tubz’s anode technology confirmed the results obtained by the Company and #RiceUniversity. These results show charging rates which are at least 10 times faster and have a battery capacity 3 times higher than the current commercially available products.

Read more at: http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/1230857.htm

 

BHP and Vale pay out $260m over burst Samarco dam in Brazil

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Protests at Vale HQ

A protestor washes muddy water over the Vale logo at the entrance to Vale headquarters on November 16, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Photo: 2015 Getty Images

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#BHP Billiton’s #Samarco joint venture has agreed to pay $260m to fund clean-up costs arising from the dam that burst in the #Brazilian state of #MinasGerais on November 5.

#Samarco, which is jointly owned by London-listed, Australia-based BHP, and Brazil’s #Vale, will contribute to an emergency fund that will pay for reconstruction and compensation for the environmental and social effects of the incident.

Read more at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/mining/11999951/BHP-and-Vale-pay-out-260m-over-burst-Samarco-dam-in-Brazil.html

Molycorp restructure plan includes asset sales

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#MolyCorp, the beleaguered rare earths producer that was forced into bankruptcy in June, has announced a plan to restructure that may include the sale of its #MountainPass mine in #California.

Read more at: http://www.mining.com/molycorp-restructure-plan-includes-asset-sales/

Arcam: Files Another Strategic Patent Application

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#Arcam, listed on #NASDAQ #Stockholm, and leading supplier of #AdditiveManufacturing solutions, announces that its metal powder subsidiary, based in #Montreal, #Canada, just filed a strategic patent application that covers improved metal powder flowability.

Read more at: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151116005527/en/Arcam-APC-Files-Strategic-Patent-Application

Argentina signs pacts with China to build 2 new nuclear plants

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The governments of #Argentina and #China on Sunday signed several agreements to build the #SouthAmerican country’s fourth and fifth #Nuclear #Power plants for an investment of $14 billion, government officials said.

Read more at: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2015/11/15/argentina-signs-pacts-with-china-to-build-2-new-nuclear-plants/

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