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Mineral Resources boosting lithium production from W Australia mines

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Australia-based Mineral Resources (MinRes), one of the largest owners of hard rock lithium units, has, in response to “unprecedented global customer demand for lithium products”, agreed with its JV partners to increase production from the Wodgina and Mt Marion spodumene mines, based in Western Australia.

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UNSW team develops bio-inspired catalytic approach to chemical reduction for production of fuels and chemicals

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Scientists at the University of New South Wales (Australia) have developed a new bio-inspired method for carrying out chemical reduction—an industrial process used to produce fuels and chemicals. A report on their work is published in the journal Angewandte Chemie. —Stephen Colbran.

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A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

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Solid-state, lithium-sulfur, sodium batteries—would all of these still be using graphite in the anode? Sodium batteries, for example, may have great cold-weather performance. So to answer your original question, we’re getting closer to having those conversations. So the mix of graphite varies by manufacturer, by car model, etc.

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The Electrome: The Next Great Frontier For Biomedical Technology

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It’s got sodium, potassium, calcium, etc., It doesn’t really like sodium so much. This is a whole conversation that’s being had, but that’s one avenue. And there was this big study from Australia where the guy was just like, “When we average out all of the effects of TDCS, we find that it does absolutely nothing.”

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Jervois to acquire SMP nickel & cobalt refinery in Brazil; concentrate from Idaho for refining, cobalt metal back to US

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Jervois currently is a cobalt company with nickel and copper exposure, with mining assets in Idaho, Uganda, and Australia. Jervois has not included this conversion into its current development plans. Preliminary POX sighter testwork was progressed at SGS Perth Western Australia with satisfactory results.

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