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Roskill: Niobium industry looking for a future beyond steel; Li-ion batteries a possibility

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Niobium is a metal primarily used by the steel industry as a ferroalloy strengthening element. Adding niobium reduces the amount and weight of steel required, an important feature for the automotive industry but also for infrastructure. The Award Seminars were added to the annual Award event in 2008. Niobium and batteries.

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Volvo Car Group and CATARC of China enter strategic partnership

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The parties have agreed on joint research and discussions on enhancing the exchange of knowledge about safety and environmental technologies, as well as the development of relevant automotive industry regulations.

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Inside an American Rare-Earth Boomtown

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Thats the inescapable conclusion for me at this point after a sort of impromptu, peripatetic mini-seminar conducted by Rosenthal here in Mountain Pass, Calif. The track record of success in this industry is abysmal. The Rare Earths Business Defies Categorization Theres pretty much nothing straightforward about the rare earths industry.

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Toyota’s production falls for the first time in 4 years as slow EV shift proves costly

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Japan’s largest automaker is struggling as low-priced Chinese EV makers, like BYD, continue gaining an edge. Toyota’s global output drops amid slow EV shift It’s no secret by now that Toyota is one of the biggest laggards in the industry’s transition to all-electric vehicles. Is the company’s slow shift to EVs to blame?

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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

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Sitting in his shirtsleeves at an industrial beige metal desk piled with papers, amid dented bookcases, gym bag in the corner, he does not look like anybody’s definition of a star engineer. Craford met him at a seminar, where Holonyak was ex­plaining his work in LEDs. Go to the heart of this labyrinth and there find M. San Jose, Calif.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) assumed top posts in the industry as well as coveted positions teaching or researching semiconductors at universities and government institutes. awarded him its prestigious Ho-Am Prize in 1993 for “building a solid foundation for Korea’s semiconductor industry.”

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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Under his leadership, the latter board celebrated milestones including the launch of IEEE’s first multidisciplinary open-access publication, IEEE Access ; the creation of a Chinese-language edition of IEEE Spectrum ; and the 100th anniversary of Proceedings of the IEEE. in applied mathematics in 1980 from Harvard. for 37 years.

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