The Elements of Innovation Discovered
The Elements of Innovation Discovered
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By developing the capacity to produce its own components for lithium-sulfur batteries, California-based Lyten has taken a step that could strengthen national supply chains and shift the balance of advanced battery manufacturing further away from Chinese control – offering a glimpse at how domestic lithium processing might help reduce America's strategic vulnerabilities. "Lithium is abundantly available across the United States, but the capacity to process lithium into b...
Investing over $1 billion to unlock one of the world's richest hard rock lithium deposits in the DRC. With backing from Silicon Valley heavyweights, KoBold Metals Inc. is investing over $1 billion to acquire AVZ Minerals' stake in the Manono project and unlock one of the world's richest hard rock lithium deposits in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – a move that could reshape global EV supply chains and challenge China's outsized grip on battery materials. Founded in C...
MP Materials, Ma'aden team up to establish mines-to-magnets rare earths value chain in Middle East. American rare earths mining and magnetics company MP Materials Corp. has signed a deal with Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) to explore the creation of a fully integrated rare earths supply chain spanning North America and the Middle East. The memorandum of understanding, signed during the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum 2025 in Riyadh, marks a significant step toward...
Marks industry-first power transfer to moving, driverless haul truck via trolley system. As global mining companies prioritize lowering their environmental impact while improving the efficiency and profitability of mineral production, Komatsu has become the first heavy equipment manufacturer to successfully operate an autonomous electric drive haul truck powered via an overhead trolley assist system, drawing interest from mining operations globally. "This milestone...
Summit signals deeper U.S.-Gulf ties in supply chain realignment. On the final day of a high-level U.S. business delegation to the Middle East, President Donald Trump joined Emirati officials in Abu Dhabi, where Emirates Global Aluminium announced its intent to build a $4 billion primary aluminum production facility in Oklahoma, formalized in a memorandum of understanding with the state and included as part of a $200 billion package of commercial agreements. Over the past two...
Aims to be first in lithium manganese-rich prismatic battery cells in the next 3 years. Positioning itself to beat rival Ford to market with the next wave of high-performance, lower-cost electric vehicle batteries, General Motors has unveiled a "game-changing" lithium manganese-rich (LMR) prismatic battery it says will cut costs, boost range, and establish competitive edge in electrifying America's trucks and SUVs. Unlike GM's current Ultium batteries, which depend heavily on...
In the ongoing trade and technology conflict between the United States and China, tungsten – familiar to many Americans as a favorite drill bit or the filament once used in incandescent lightbulbs – has emerged as a strategic pressure point, now central to sectors as varied as aerospace, energy, semiconductors, and national defense. And with China controlling more than 80% of global supply, its decision to tighten export restrictions has sent shockwaves through markets and...
USAC rapidly advances an all-American antimony supply chain to counter China's export ban. As China's halt on antimony exports squeezes markets, United States Antimony Corp. (USAC) is mobilizing an all-American supply chain anchored in Alaska and Montana to mitigate the mounting risk to U.S. industry and defense. With a fully permitted and operating smelter in Thompson Falls, Montana, and plans to ship antimony-rich material from a previously mined site near Tok, Alaska,...
Cyclic to recycle rare earths from retiring fleet motors across North America. Leveraging a 270,000-vehicle micromobility fleet nearing retirement, rare earth recycler Cyclic Materials Inc. has joined forces with Lime to harvest and process the neodymium-iron-boron magnets from its soon-to-be decommissioned e-bike and scooter motors across North America, inaugurating the first large-scale magnet recycling program for shared electric vehicles and unlocking a new urban stream... Full story
Researchers alter atomic structure of cerium to emit visible light. In a discovery that challenges long-held assumptions about the behavior of rare earth elements, scientists have taught cerium – a metal best known for its invisible ultraviolet glow – to shine visibly yellow by reshaping the chemical environment around its atoms, opening a new frontier in how these elements can be coaxed into revealing capabilities hidden within their makeup. Critical to nearly every fac... Full story
Funds full-scale installation of RapidSX for critical rare earth element separation in the U.S. The U.S. Department of Defense is investing $18.4 million to accelerate Ucore Rare Metals' installation of a commercial-scale RapidSX rare earth separation technology capable of producing six of the rare earth elements most critical to the U.S. Developed by Ucore's subsidiary Innovation Metals Corp., RapidSX is a next-generation upgrade to the traditional solvent extraction method... Full story
