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Zinc makes in-roads in batteries market
While debate rages over whether lithium-ion and vanadium reflow energy storage systems will usher in the next wave of power generation, another technology, batteries that store energy using zinc,... — Updated 8/12/2020 Full story
Researchers develop metal eating robots
Mankind's use of minerals has evolved over the eons hand-in-hand with innovation. From the first crude fire starters and simple machines to the evolving wonders of the Information Age, human... — Updated 6/27/2020 Full story
Vanadium fuels growing demand for VRFBs
Vanadium, which is in high demand today for its ability to strengthen steel alloys – specifically for manufacturing high-strength, low alloy rebar used in earthquake-resistant construction... — Updated 6/27/2020 Full story
Rare earth metals see new medical uses
While the importance of rare earth metals is widely acknowledged in manufacturing sophisticated devices for use in space, defense, clean, green and consumer technologies, the increasingly... — Updated 6/27/2020 Full story
Scientists look to coal for REE solution
As security concerns mount over the nearly total reliance of the United States on foreign sources of rare earth elements, mostly from China, researchers in public and private laboratories across t... — Updated 6/27/2020 Full story
Canada boasts substantial REE resources
Rare earth elements in Canada have recaptured the spotlight now that the United States has entered a new alliance with its northern neighbor to develop robust supply chains for critical minerals... — Updated 6/27/2020 Full story
Energy legislation stalls in US Senate
The American Energy Innovations Act, legislation hailed as Congress' best chance to modernize the nation's energy policies in more than 12 years, bogged down in the U.S. Senate in early March afte... — Updated 6/26/2020 Full story
