The Elements of Innovation Discovered
The Elements of Innovation Discovered
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Small but mighty Odin spacecraft aims for a metallic-class asteroid flyby. Asteroid mining, for most investors, remains on the same pie-in-the-sky menu as tech billionaire space tourism-dismissed as an expensive dream with insurmountable challenges. However, California-based mining startup AstroForge is on its way to turning fantasy into reality, and fast. Its ambition: mine asteroids for minerals like platinum group metals in space at a lower cost than current terrestrial...
Flameless, powerful electric calcination is approaching reality. Cement is the backbone of modern construction, but its production is one of the world's largest carbon emitters. Aiming to change that, the international Electric Calciner Technologies for Cement Plants of the Future (ECem) project is developing advanced electric heating to replace fossil-fueled kilns, with scientists from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) among its collaborators. The project, backed...
Partnership with premium automotive OEM to supply Magdeburg Spoke. Further expanding its role in Europe's battery recycling sector, Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. has secured an exclusive partnership with a premium automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to supply lithium-ion battery feedstock to its recycling facility in Magdeburg, Germany, strengthening the company's commercial reach and reinforcing its position in establishing a sustainable and localized battery supply...
Expands into Chinese-banned resource for national security, defense. With growing concerns over the stability of critical mineral supply chains, American Resources Corp. has expanded its South African partnership to refine high-purity antimony for commercial and defense applications, leveraging its refining expertise initially developed for rare earth elements. Striking a deal in June 2023 to purchase and refine lithium spodumene from a South African supplier, American...
Japanese corp. agrees to buy 20,000 mt/y of battery-grade lithium from Oklahoma refinery. Less than two weeks after Stardust Power Inc. broke ground on its lithium refinery in Muskogee, Okla., Sumitomo has entered into a preliminary agreement to acquire 80% of the battery-grade lithium carbonate to be produced at the strategically located American Heartland battery materials plant. "This offtake agreement marks a transformative milestone for Stardust Power," CEO Roshan Pujari...
Deep concerns and multi-billion-dollar investments have not steered America away from heavy critical mineral import reliance. Like the massive cargo ships that transport the minerals essential to American industry, the U.S. remains slow to change course on its critical mineral dependence. The 2025 edition of U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) annual Mineral Commodity Summaries report shows that America's reliance on foreign suppliers for its critical mineral needs is virtually...
Beijing adds five minerals critical to tech, energy, and defense to growing export restrictions list. Continuing to exploit a weakness in the United States' economic and national security armor, China has placed restrictions on the exports of five additional critical minerals – bismuth, indium, molybdenum, tellurium, and tungsten. All of these metals are essential to the high-tech, clean energy, and defense sectors of the U.S. economy. Starting with gallium and germanium in m...
Energy Fuels sets high standards, to remove 10,000 tons of uranium-bearing cleanup materials from abandoned mines at no cost. In a historic collaboration toward reconciliation and environmental stewardship, Energy Fuels Inc. and the Navajo Nation have signed an agreement to safely transport uranium ore and tackle the legacy of abandoned uranium mines that have marred tribal lands for decades. "The Navajo Nation has suffered longstanding impacts from uranium mining conducted...
Retains capacity after thousands of cycles with improved safety, sustainability, and affordability. Researchers have developed an aluminum-ion battery that outperforms lithium-ion in longevity, safety, and sustainability, retaining capacity after thousands of charge cycles. By incorporating a solid-state electrolyte, this innovation curtails the fire hazards and resource constraints associated with Lithium-ion technology while offering a cost-effective and recyclable solution... Full story
