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.
#Carbon3D, a hot #3DPrinting startup promising production speeds of up to 100 times faster than traditional printers, is raising $81 million from a number of big name manufacturers hoping to adopt the technology.
#GE and #BMW have aspirations of incorporating Carbon3D’s machine, called the M1, into their manufacturing lines. BMW has already started placing Carbon3D’s printer in its #Germany production facilities. Optics specialist #Nikon and chemical company #JSR are both #Japanese and will help Carbon3D enter the Japanese market.
“Growth in #China, which is critical to pricing, is difficult to anticipate.”
“It’s not about predicting the future, it’s about preparing for any future — this is where mining and metals companies have gone wrong in the past,”
Read more at: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/big-miners-need-a-better-plan-for-growth-riddle-in-china-2016-09-13
The world’s biggest #Nickel producer has admitted a spillage at one of its plants was responsible for a river in the #Russian #Arctic turning blood-red.
#Norilsk Nickel says that heavy rains on 5 September caused a “filtration dam” at its #Nadezhda plant to overflow into the #Daldykan river.
Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37345105
The #Indonesian government’s proposed relaxation of an impending export ban of unprocessed mineral ore will raise risks and discourage miners from constructing smelters as per requirements, experts have warned.
Read more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/09/09/govt-warned-of-risks-from-policy-flip-flop.html
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