CORVALLIS, Ore. – Engineers at Oregon State University have used “additive manufacturing” to create an improved type of glucose sensor for patients with Type 1diabetes, part of a system that should work better, cost less and be more comfortable for the patient.
SYDNEY chemists may have removed one of the main hurdles to the “hydrogen economy” after developing what is believed to be the world’s most efficient water-splitting electrode.
The conductor, outlined overnight in an article in the journal Nature Communications, is made entirely of nickel and iron. Its inventors say it outperforms state-of-the-art electrodes based on iridium and ruthenium — metals so rare that only a few dozen tonnes are produced globally each year.
Having suffered from ailing mining commodity prices and a ban on raw-mineral exports last year, diversified state-run miner Aneka Tambang (Antam) ended 2014 in the red with a total net loss of Rp 775.29 billion (US$59.28 million), according to the company’s published annual financial report.
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At a time when Yukon’s attractiveness to mining investment is slipping, a burgeoning nickel project may be one of the few bright lights on the territory’s exploration horizon.
Read more at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/exploration-company-drums-up-40-million-for-yukon-project-1.2986431
LONDON: Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have captured the first real-time nanoscale images of lithium dendrite structures known to degrade lithium-ion batteries. The ORNL team’s electron microscopy could help researchers address long-standing issues related to battery performance and safety.
Dendrites form when metallic lithium takes root on a battery’s anode and begins growing haphazardly. If the dendrites grow too large, they can puncture the divider between the electrodes and short-circuit the cell, resulting in catastrophic battery failure.
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Royal Nickel Corp. is an attractive take-over candidate, mining analyst Nik Rasskazovskiy of independent investment dealer Salman Partners contends in a recent research note.
Not only is the company a pure play on nickel — the base metal Salman Partners is most bullish about in the long term — but Royal Nickel’s flagship Dumont open-pit nickel sulphide project in northwestern Quebec is poised to be shovel ready in the first half of this year
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(Reuters) – An industrial city in eastern China has closed several factories, including many steel and nickel pig iron producers, in an apparent sign the government is stepping up enforcement of a new environmental law in the face of growing public discontent over pollution.
Premier Li Keqiang told the annual session of the National People’s Congress, or parliament, on Thursday his government would do everything it could to fight pollution.
Read more at: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/06/us-china-steel-production-idUKKBN0M20GO20150306
(Bloomberg) — Mick Davis, former chief executive officer of Xstrata Plc, completed his “initial” fundraising of $5.6 billion from investors and is ready to begin purchases at a time when large mining companies are divesting assets.
X2’s funds comprise $4 billion in committed equity capital, available for immediate draw-down, and $1.6 billion in conditional equity capital, the London-based company said in a statement on Thursday.
Read more at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-05/former-xstrata-ceo-davis-raises-5-6-billion-to-buy-mine-assets
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., February 25, 2015—The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Whirlpool Corporation are collaborating to design a refrigerator that could cut energy use by up to 40 percent compared with current models.
The goal of the cooperative research and development agreement, or CRADA, is to make a next-generation household refrigerator more energy efficient by using WISEMOTION, an innovative linear compressor manufactured by Embraco, and other novel technologies and materials.
Read more at: http://www.newswise.com/articles/ornl-signs-agreement-with-whirlpool-corp-to-develop-new-energy-efficient-refrigerator
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