#HP Inc. will introduce a $130,000 #3DPrinter later this year, which it says can make parts at half the expense and at least 10 times faster than rival printers — and likely use lower-cost materials.
Read more at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-04/this-time-3d-printer-makers-think-they-ve-found-a-sweet-spot
The #Philippine government has suspended the operations of a seventh #Nickel miner deepening an environmental crackdown that has caused jitters in global nickel markets.
Read more at: http://www.reuters.com/article/philippines-mining-suspension-idUSL3N1AL1QIhttp://www.reuters.com/article/philippines-mining-suspension-idUSL3N1AL1QI
A team of #UniversityOfToronto chemists has created a battery that stores energy in a biologically derived unit, paving the way for cheaper consumer electronics that are easier on the environment.
The team created the material from vitamin B2 that originates in genetically-modified fungi using a semi-synthetic process to prepare the polymer by linking two flavin units to a long-chain molecule backbone.
This allows for a green battery with high capacity and high voltage — something increasingly important as the ‘Internet of Things’ continues to link us together more and more through our battery-powered portable devices.
Read more at: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160803072828.htm
#Australia is on track to host the world’s two biggest #Lithium mines as soaring sales of electric vehicles and mobile phones in #China drives demand for the rare metal.
#Philippine President #Rodrigo #Duterte ratcheted up pressure on the country’s miners, the world’s biggest suppliers of #Nickel ore, telling them either to comply with international environmental standards or shutter. Nickel prices headed for their highest close in about a year.
Read more at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-01/duterte-warns-philippine-miners-nation-can-survive-without-you
Comments by the #Philippines house speaker that he will revive proposed measures requiring miners to process ores domestically have provoked concern among #Nickel miners but also relief that a ban on ore exports was not raised.
More than 20 #Chinese miners in a statement on the Metallurgical #Miners’ Association of #China website said “a huge volume of low-priced imported #Iron ore has had a severe impact on the domestic mining industry and even posed a big challenge for the security of steel production”.
Read more at: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-ironore-antidumping-idUKKCN10615G
#Coal is a “hard sell”, particularly following the COP 21 climate agreement in #Paris last year.
50% efficiency across the coal #PowerPlant fleet would be a “game changer”.
Read more at: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/ge-aiming-to-change-coal-narrative-with-high-efficiency-power-solutions-2016-07-26
The vehicle, with #Graphene in its panels, was made by Briggs Automotive Company in Speke, #Liverpool.
Read more at: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-36866915
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