Power plants can now (re)use wastewater from oil and gas extraction
Using two kinds of industrial wastewater to decontaminate each other has the potential to slash a power plant’s total water use.
Using two kinds of industrial wastewater to decontaminate each other has the potential to slash a power plant’s total water use.
The copper producing nation holds significant quantities of cobalt in its mining tailings, which could make it a global powerhouse.
Dr. Bern Klein teaches at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia.
The company outranked all of the Western World, African, and Chinese producers.
Rules for battery components should apply from 2024, while critical minerals will be covered from 2025.
The Biden administration has unveiled plans to exclude Chinese entities from receiving any of the generous tax credits available for investing in the US EV supply chain.
The automaker joins PT Vale Indonesia and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt as investors in a project to make an annual 120,000 tons of nickel chemicals for EV batteries.
The minority centre-left government and two large opposition parties have backed the proposal, with a final vote scheduled for January.
The existing standard to refine these strategic minerals is an expensive and dirty process that China has spent the past 30 years mastering.
The investment comes as part of a $44 million Series B round of financing.