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Baosteel’s slag processing technology enters South American market
Chinese steel giant Baosteel Group has announced that its BSSF (Baosteel slag short flow) roller slag processing technology and equipment with independent intellectual property rights will be used at the steel production facilities of Brazilian slab producer Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP), marking the successful entry of the technology into the South American market. With the aim of entering the market in question, Baosteel had upgraded and improved the equipment to reduce maintenance costs and to increase the slag treatment capacity.
Read more at: http://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/baosteels-slag-processing-technology-enters-south-american-market-793903.htm
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Exciting new AngloGold Ashanti technology produces first gold
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The exciting new South African gold-mining technology that has the potential to change the face of South Africa’s struggling precious metals mining business, has produced its first gold.
AngloGold Ashanti, South Africa’s biggest gold mining company, which produced this pioneering gold at its Tau Tona gold mine, intends going operational on a second site in April and a third site in July.
Read more at: http://www.miningweekly.com/article/exciting-new-anglogold-ashanti-technology-produces-first-gold-2013-11-06
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NASA Technology Transfer Opportunity: Aluminum Alloy for High Temperatures
Originally developed by NASA as a high-performance piston alloy to meet U.S. legislative restrictions on vehicular exhaust hydrocarbon emissions, NASA 398 aluminum alloy exhibits excellent tensile and fatigue strength at elevated temperatures. NASA 398 alloy also offers superior wear resistance, surface hardness, dimensional stability, and lower thermal expansion compared to conventional aluminum alloys. NASA 398 has been used in mass production and has enabled award-winning and innovative commercial products, and the NASA Marshall Technology Transfer Office is seeking new licensees that may also benefit from its adoption.
Read more at: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=44927
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Not so ban? How Indonesia might not asphyxiate nickel ore exports
HALIFAX, NS (MINEWEB) –
Fresh from a mining conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, UBS analysts turned their imagination to how an impending ban on the export of nickel ore might unfold.
An unadultered ban in January 2014 – the official government policy that is meant to boost value-added industry in country – has major implications for the supply of nickel from Indonesia to China. UBS notes this trade accounts for 15 percent of world supply.
Read more at: http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-asia?oid=211204&sn=Detail
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Jamaica opens pilot plant where researchers will try to extract rare-earth elements from mud
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s energy minister has opened a pilot plant where researchers will test whether rare-earth elements can be commercially extracted from bauxite waste on the Caribbean island.
The small plant was opened Tuesday at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the capital of Kingston, some eight months after construction started. Full operations are expected to begin before the end of the month.
Jamaica is working with Nippon Light Metal Co. Ltd. of Japan, which holds a patent for a type of technology required for extracting rare-earth elements from red bauxite residue.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d8e04f5c99b24232aab6524dfb1270a8/CB–Jamaica-Rare-Earths
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ESA showcases printed metal parts fit for space
BERLIN (AP) – The European Space Agency says it has developed a technology that allows metal parts for spacecraft and nuclear reactors to be “printed” as a single piece.
In recent years three-dimensional printing has become commonplace in manufacturing. But so far this method has largely been limited to making plastic objects.
http://www.nbc29.com/story/23692426/esa-showcases-printed-metal-parts-fit-for-space
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Norilsk Nickel has created a new nickel production technology
Specialists of the Department of Scientific and Technological Development and Environmental Safety of Kola MMC (MMC Norilsk Nickel’s subsidiary) together with the specialists of Gipronickel Institute invented a new technology of nickel production from sulphide ore.
The technology is based on leaching process with supply of oxygen and chlorine. Iron contained in the raw material goes to waste and copper in the form of a sulphide product is removed from nickel and cobalt containing leaching solution, which is then cleaned from other impurities. In Electrolysis Shop refined nickel and cobalt hydroxides are processed to produce commercial metals.
http://www2.nornik.ru/en/press/region_news/3953/
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Global Graphene Electronics Market Report 2013-2023
The global graphene technology market is expected to grow at a healthy CAGR of 55.54% from 2013 to 2023. In terms of technology, CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) process accounted for the largest market revenue in 2013, and is expected to grow with CAGR of 53.15% from 2013 to 2023.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101113752
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Feds Fund Novel Green Tech For Electric Cars, Solar Heat Storage
University of Minnesota, along with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will develop a prototype iron-nitride magnet material that won’t rely on rare earth elements but should outperform the best magnets available today. The research team, which is getting $2.5 million, said this new material “has the potential to be the ‘holy grail’ of magnets.”
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