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The Molycorp Bankruptcy – Doom or Dawn for Rare Earth Elements?
The recent bankruptcy (chapter 11) filing by Molycorp, the U.S.’ only producer of rare earth elements, prompted many comments about the future of this market sector. Once an icon for independence from...
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Technology Metals Go Nanotech With Cerion
(Kitco News) - Although nanotechnology is still in its infancy, according to on one technologyresearch and development company, the trend towards smaller devices like Apple’s iWatch and the need for...
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Silver Being Used To Kill Bacteria On Corning’s Gorilla Glass
By Bodo Albrecht Wednesday August 26, 2015 10:06 Many people using touch screen devices such as smartphones or tablets have wondered about the presence of microbes on these screens at one point or...
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Researchers Using Gold And Sunlight To Make Hydrogen Fuel
Gold is perhaps the latest precious metals to make a broad appearance as a catalyst, now being used by some researchers to turn sunlight into energy. Scientists at the Institute of Chemical Sciences...
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Winterkorn of VW resigning: a threat to Platinum?
By Bodo Albrecht Wednesday September 23, 2015 12:34 Martin Winterkorn’s resignation today marks the low point in Volkswagen’s scandalous handling of emission regulations in the U.S. Not only is it a...
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Where to find “Tech Metals Insider” on the updated Kitco Website
If you are a regular on Kitco’s website you are already familiar with their new layout which was available as a Beta for several weeks. The Beta has now become the Alpha and I am happy to report that...
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Hafnium – Are Tech Metal Prices starting to Change Direction?
Earlier this year we reported about hafnium as one of the hopefuls within the technology metals family. Prices have in fact gone up by another 40% since May. Reason enough to take another look at the...
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Cobalt – Another Unstoppable Technology Metal
(Kitco News) - Marketing highlights like Tesla’s presentation of the “Model X” SUV emphasize the slow but steady growth of the electric vehicles (EV) market, positively, impacting technology metals....
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Critical Elements Corp: Putting Canada on the map of Lithium Producers
In a time of rapidly increasing demand for lithium batteries, there are growing concerns over sufficient supplies at acceptable prices. A Canadian company, Critical Elements Corporation of...
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New: Strategic Metals Price Tool on Kitco
Exciting news: pricing information for a number of strategic metals including some rare earth elements is now available on the Kitco Website at http://www.kitco.com/strategic-metals/ . Obtaining good...
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