#Jakarta – #Indonesian state miner #Aneka #Tambang will apply next week for a permit to export 6 million tons of #Nickel ore for a year, a company spokesman said.
Read more at: http://jakartaglobe.id/business/antam-to-seek-permit-to-export-6m-tons-of-nickel-ore/
Notably, #Glencore Chief Executive #IvanGlasenberg said in December demand for #Nickel could reach 400,000 tonnes should electric vehicles reach 10 percent of the global fleet, enough to cause a supply deficit.
Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-metals-nickel-evs-idUSKBN16H1AG
#Argentina has some good news for #Elon #Musk’s #Tesla Inc., and bad news for #Lithium producers elsewhere: the country may be about to flood the market with lithium.
After President Mauricio Macri removed currency and capital controls and taxes introduced by his predecessors, about 40 foreign companies began to consider opportunities in #Argentina’s mining industry, more than half of those in lithium, according to Mining Secretary Daniel Meilan.
Read more at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-06/argentina-s-lithium-superpower-ambition-is-good-news-for-tesla
#Cobalt is having a moment in the spotlight. Historically a minor by-product of #Copper and #Nickel mining, the metal is a key ingredient for #Lithium-ion batteries and now a growing money maker for #Glencore Plc.
Read more at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-08/cobalt-steps-out-of-the-shadows-as-glencore-s-new-star-player
“It’s one of the things we’re considering for any mine that we think should remain operating,” Environment and Natural Resources Undersecretary Maria Paz Luna told reporters.
International and domestic companies have expressed interest in partnering with #Codelco, the world’s biggest #Copper producer, to develop its #Lithium assets, the #Chilean state-owned company’s chief executive said.
Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mining-bmo-codelco-intl-idUSKBN168330
#FDK Corporation and #Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that they have jointly developed #Lithium #Cobalt pyrophosphate (Li2CoP2O7), which has high energy density, for the cathode material of all-solid lithium-ion batteries (“all-solid-state batteries”). This material enables the development of all-solid-state batteries with higher voltage and higher capacity.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-02-cathode-material-high-energy-density.html#jCp
At the moment, in the world there are no technologies that could make steel industry “green”, #Norilsk #Nickel’s Vice-President Elena Bezdenezhnykh said. Before 2023, the company plans to invest 250 bln rubles ($4.29 bln) in environmental projects.
“We are constantly improving the environment. Before 2023, the company is going to invest 250 bln rubles ($4.29 bln) in environmental projects. So far, the world cannot offer technologies that would make steel industry “green”. The best we can do is to make it safe and harmless to people, and we are following this path,” she told reporters.
Read more at: http://tass.com/economy/933081
First Graphite aims to develop an underground mining operation in #SriLanka to extract high-grade, crystalline vein graphite and plans to use the VFD to help extract high-value graphene.
Researchers from #Flinders University in South #Australia along with Western Australian company First #Graphite Ltd will use the dynamic Vortex Fluidic Device (#VFD) to produce high-quality #Graphene for industrial use.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-02-hi-tech-machine-enables-graphene-purification.html#jCp
Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (Oak Ridge, TN) 20-kw wireless charging system has achieved 90% efficiency at three times the rate of the wired charging systems commonly used for electric vehicles today. According to #ORNL, this ability can help accelerate the adoption and convenience of electric vehicles.
Read more at: http://articles.sae.org/15257/
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