Deep-sea mining key domain for power politics: analyst
TOKYO -- The next major geopolitical tug-of-war could take place in the Earth's watery depths, with countries and companies looking to gain the edge in deep-sea mining. Scientists estimate that billions of tons of manganese, iron, magnesium, titanium, potassium, cobalt and nickel can be found in…#tokyo #scientists (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Charts: Green Demand Will Reshape Metals Markets
Visualize how 'Green Demand' from EVs and Renewables will drive demand growth for Lithium, Cobalt, Copper and Nickel. In the 2023 Critical Minerals Market Review, released in July 2023, the IEA examines supply and demand factors for the critical minerals required by the Energy Transition. The…#evs #renewables #iea #energytransition #announcedpledges #aps #netzeroemissions #statedpolicy #greendemand #solar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Congo Wants ERG Copper, Cobalt Assets in Bid to Regain Control
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Source: Reuters: Health - August 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Energy Transition Will Require Cobalt. America ’s Only Mine Can’t Get Off the Ground
The U.S. is playing catch-up in battery supply chains dominated by China. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
As prospect of unregulated deep-sea mining looms, scientists sound the alarm
A high-stakes effort to hash out environmental regulations governing mining of the seabed in international waters ended without agreement last week, after negotiators missed a July deadline. The lack of progress by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) raises an alarming prospect, observers say: that mining operations targeting metals needed by the electric vehicle industry could commence without effective regulations in place.
“The ISA has just passed into uncharted territory,” says Matthew Gianni, a policy adviser for the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition who attended the meeting in Kingston, Jamaica. It’...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 18, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Canada to invest $26.6M for medical isotope development
The Canadian government will invest $26.6 million U.S. toward producin...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 30, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
How volcano magma could help meet green economy ’s demand for metal
Metals could be extracted from magmatic brines while producing geothermal power at same time, say scientistsOne hurdle in the transition to a low carbon future is the huge increase in demand for metals associated with renewable energy technologies. By 2050, it is anticipated lithium production will need to have increased by tenfold, cobalt by sixfold and silver by half as much again. Even the most efficient recycling system cannot meet this demand, and conventional mining practices are energy-intensive and environmentally damaging.Some mining companies are looking to the deep sea, but as well as being technically challengi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 28, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Kate Ravilious Tags: Mining Green economy Climate crisis Volcanoes Renewable energy Environment Science World news Source Type: news
John Goodenough, The Scientist Who Helped Revolutionize Lithium-Ion Batteries, Dies at 100
John Goodenough, a pioneering researcher who helped transform lithium-ion batteries, died at the age of 100 on Sunday.
His inventions that helped develop modern computers and commercialize lithium-ion batteries touched every person’s life on the planet. Yet few knew him and his work didn’t bring him riches, though it did earn him a Nobel Prize very late in life. None of that bothered Goodenough, as he kept developing better batteries almost until the end of his life. His decades of work and innovation are now a cornerstone in the race to decarbonize the world’s vehicles and energy system.
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Source: TIME: Science - June 27, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Akshat Rathi / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized bloomberg wire climate change healthscienceclimate remembrance Source Type: news
DRC has failed to leverage its top position in cobalt production, says new head of state miner
Gécamines chair Guy Robert Lukama is drawing up a turnround plan and reviewing joint venture arrangements#guyrobertlukama (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
IEA to set EV mineral import benchmarks to reduce overdependence
TOKYO -- The International Energy Agency will establish guidelines by the end of the year that aim to limit import dependence of its members on a single supplier for key minerals that are essential for the spread of renewable energy, Nikkei has learned. Suppliers of lithium and cobalt for electric…#tokyo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ceibo unearths $30M Series B to extract more copper out of existing mines
When it comes time to fret about minerals critical to the energy transition, lithium, cobalt, and nickel may get all the attention, but another metal is keeping plenty of analysts up at night. Though those other minerals are key ingredients for batteries, copper is used across every sector that…#cristóbalundurraga #energyimpactpartners #khoslaventures #aurusventures #cotecholdings #audleyorionresources #pincusgreen #ceibo #timdechant (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
BNP Paribas and NatWest go live with CobaltFX ’s Dynamic Credit solution for allocation of FX transaction credit
BNP Paribas and NatWest are going live with Dynamic Credit from CobaltFX, part of United Fintech, to simplify the allocation of credit for FX transactions between banks and to improve access to liquidity. According to CobaltFX, the move is indicative of a trend among financial institutions seeking…#paribas #natwest #dynamiccredit #unitedfintech #cobaltfx #joenash #coo #bnpparibas #cobalt #marclevin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Long-Term Outcomes Similar for Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds Versus Metal Stents
WEDNESDAY, May 24, 2023 -- For patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, first-generation bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) seem to be as safe as cobalt chromium everolimus-eluting stents (CoCr-EES) at five years, according to a... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mitsubishi Materials aims to start cobalt production in Chile
TOKYO -- Japan's Mitsubishi Materials aims to become a producer of cobalt with a new operation in Chile that would diversify the supply of a metal vital to electric vehicles, Nikkei has learned. The company will begin testing a production method in fiscal 2023 that seeks to extract cobalt at…#tokyo #mitsubishimaterials #chile (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
For Today's Anxious Teens, Outdoor Adventures Can Be a Cure
It’s a blazingly beautiful fall day, the Utah sky a cloudless bowl of cobalt blue arcing above 800-foot sandstone canyon walls on the Green River. If there’s a picture postcard of a desert river, we’re in it—a flotilla of colorful whitewater rafts bobbing along a twisting ribbon of silty water.…#utah #greenriver (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
