Most #ElectricCar batteries use #Lithium #Nickel #Manganese #Cobalt oxide (NMC) cathodes and #Graphite anodes. “#RareEarth” metals #Dysprosium, #Neodymium and #Terbium, chiefly mined in #China by companies including #Xiamen #Tungsten and China #Minmetals Rare Earth Co, are used in some electronic components of the motor.
Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-electric-car-commodities-insight-idUSKCN1250HK?il=0
#Russian state nuclear power plant giant #Rosatom sent lobbyists to meet with the #Chilean government and discuss “collaboration in possible #Lithium projects,” a government website revealed at the weekend.
Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-rosatom-chile-idUSKCN1220LO
The company best known for building electric cars, has now started powering a #NewBrunswick home.
#Tesla has installed its first #Powerwall in Stephen McNeil’s home #Fredericton Junction.
Read more at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/tesla-battery-nb-pilot-project-1.3783619
The #Philippines has ordered the suspension of 20 more mines for environmental violations, as the world’s top supplier of #Nickel ore vowed to pursue stricter standards than in global mining centers such as #Canada and #Australia.
Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-mining-idUSKCN11X0DP
The federal government has revealed that #Nigeria can generate $400 billion from #Nickel, a new mineral resource recently discovered in #Kaduna State.
Read more at: http://leadership.ng/news/cover-stories/551683/nickel-deposit-can-generate-400bn-for-nigeria-bwari
#Indonesian #Nickel smelter investors fear the government of President Joko Widodo will change rules that have supported prices of the metal, and put up to $12 billion in its budding smelting and mineral processing industry at risk.
Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-nickel-idUSKCN11T0YR
Rising anti-mining sentiment rippling through #Southeast #Asia has led to a series of mine shutdowns that are helping push up prices for some crucial minerals. The latest threat to #China’s ability to source minerals comes from the #Philippines, the world’s top supplier of #Nickel ore.
Read more at: http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-plays-ore-hopscotch-as-southeast-asian-mining-slows-1474547950
“The quality of #Carbon and #Battery performance using this carbon is quite good and competitive with carbon made through other complicated schemes and processes. We are able to get competitive value of energy density and power density using the carbon anode made in the lab.” – Researchers from #Pune’s National Chemical Laboratory (#NCL) and #Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (#IISER).
When combined with a metal such as #Nickel, #Graphene’s superior mechanical properties make it an excellent candidate for a nanocomposite fiber material to be used in flexible electronic devices and other technologies. Nickel is often used in metal-graphene nanocomposite research because graphene sticks strongly to its surface.
Read more at: http://news.uark.edu/articles/35410/new-study-shows-nickel-graphene-can-be-tuned-for-optimal-fracture-strength
#Barrick Gold Corp. said on Thursday that it is temporarily suspending operations at its #Veladero mine in #Argentina following a new leak.
Argentine authorities fined Barrick $9.3 million earlier this year after a 2015 cyanide spill at the mine in the western province of San Juan.
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