Project developer #PeakResources has started #Beneficiation at its pilot plant at the #Ngualla #RareEarths project, in #Tanzania.
Read more at: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/peak-starts-pilot-plant-at-tanzania-project-2015-11-02
#Canadian miner #Sherritt International Corp is planning deeper cost cuts at its two #Nickel mines as prices remain low for the metal used to make #StainlessSteel and production cuts that would boost prices prove stubbornly elusive.
The world’s top exporter of coking #Coal, #BHPBilliton , said plans to develop a massive mine in #Borneo will hinge on a revision of #Indonesia’s mining rules, including on compulsory divestment and contract extensions.
Read more at: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/10/30/bhp-indonesia-coal-idUKL3N12T3SX20151030
The “demonstrator relies on a highly porous, ‘fluffy’ #Carbon #Electrode made from #Graphene (comprising one-atom-thick sheets of carbon atoms), and additives that alter the chemical reactions at work in the #Battery, making it more stable and more efficient,” said a statement from the #UniversityOfCambridge.
#Australian miner #Lynas Corp Ltd. is weighing a bid for bankrupt rare-earths producer #Molycorp Inc. as the company begins drawing interest from potential buyers in #Asia and #Europe.
Read more at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-27/lynas-weighs-bid-for-molycorp-as-potential-suitors-begin-talks
The discovery that it was possible to produce #Graphene #Semiconductors without the need to chemically dope the #Carbon sheets was the result of trying to produce graphene films using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on a #Nickel substrate.
Read more at: http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/materials/the-new-wrinkle-in-graphene-is-wrinkles
The #NewCaledonian government has approved a single company’s bid to start exporting low-grade #Nickel ore to #China.
The collegial government considered four applications but only authorised the company #MKM to sell 300,000 tonnes of ore in the next 18 months.
Read more at: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/288153/new-caledonia-to-export-nickel-ore-to-china
The announcement was made on the sidelines of a meeting between the #President of the Republic of #Indonesia, #JokoWidodo, and the President of #UnitedStates, #BarackObama. The investment will be made in tandem with #GE participation in the country’s infrastructure build-out.
Read more at: http://www.onlinetes.com/article/energy-solutions-GE-oil-gas-power-manufacturing-investment-Indonesia-102715
#Tokyo worried that #RareEarthMetals were just the beginning of what #China might withhold because China is also the leading global producer of 28 advanced metals also vital to #Japanese industry.
Read more at: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/10/27/commentary/japan-commentary/the-war-over-the-periodic-table/#.Vi9fvGaFOUk
The technology has been transferred to #MIDHANI for bulk production. MIDHANI will use the #Isothermal #Forging facility at #DMRL (on cost basis) for production. DMRL has long pursued an intensive R&D on #RareEarth #Permanent #Magnet which culminated into establishing process technologies for making three different classes of rare earth magnets, viz. SmCo5, Sm2Co17 and Nd-Fe-B. These magnets almost entirely cover the total spectrum of application engineering in strategic sectors, DRDO said.
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