source:University of BirminghamThe University of Birmingham has been awarded €4m to set up a pilot facility to reclaim rare earth metals from scrap as part of the EU-funded Horizon 2020 project SUSMAGPRO (Sustainable Recovery, Reprocessing and Reuse of Rare-Earth Magnets in a Circular Economy).The facility will focus on recycling magnets made of neodymium, boron and iron. These are found in hard disk drives, household appliances, electric vehicles and wind turbine generators, and are increasingly important in the transition to a green, low carbon economy. In the last 30 years their ...
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source：FN Arena NewsEV growth no panacea for battery metals; nickel rises in price as alumina falls; step-up in global LNG production projects; rare earths draw attention.-Strong outlook for battery metals over long term, but short term weakness-Nickel shortage expected to ease; alumina appears oversupplied-LNG capacity to explode, but supermajor links vital for new projectsBy Nicki BourlioufasElectric vehicles promise bright future for battery metals, but no guarantees Battery metals including lithium, cobalt and graphite had a spectacular run in 2017 powered by expectations of a boom in...
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source：SMM - Shanghai Metals Market (press releaseSHANGHAI, Aug 5 (SMM) – Prices of spot, mainstream rare-earth products rallied last week, as expectations that Beijing will begin stockpiling for strategic reserves grew after a meeting in the prior week.Prices of praseodymium-neodymium oxide rose from 287,000-292,000 yuan/mt on July 26 to 293,000-298,000 yuan/mt as of Friday August 2, with those of neodymium oxide climbing to 295,000-300,000 yuan/mt, showed SMM assessments.Prices of dysprosium oxide advanced to 1.89-1.92 million yuan/mt, while those of terbium oxide increased to 3.93-3.95 mill...
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source：Express.co.ukDr Natalie Starkey, a cosmochemist and science author, discussed the threat of mining asteroids on the StarTalk science podcast. The popular podcast is hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City. On July 25, Dr Starkey and Dr Tyson sat down with comedian Mark Normand for an episode dubbed Cosmic Queries – Asteroids and Comets. During the episode, a user-submitted question asked the scientists if mining a comet could significantly alter its trajectory.Dr Starkey said:...
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