New Zealand’s critical minerals list: updates, export targets and industry reaction
Gold and coal are among 37 minerals included on New Zealand’s critical minerals list, which was unveiled alongside a strategy ...
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Unlocking safer batteries: Study uncovers key insights into electrolyte materials for all-solid-state batteries
A joint computational and experimental study has examined how adding certain dopants to a solid electrolyte could improve its ...
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Argonne Research Advances Solid-State Batteries
In a recent study published in ACS Letters, a team led by researchers at the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) ...
Ukraine's metals the US, EU and Russia want access to
The US wants to trade further military and financial aid to Ukraine for access to some of the country's vast natural reserves. But some might already be under Russian control, and the EU is moving in ...
Dreams of asteroid mining, orbital manufacturing and much more
Orbital manufacturing. Private space stations. Moon buggies. Exploring Mars. All are there, alongside the more humdrum (if ...
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President Trump Orders Additional Tariffs on Imports from Canada, China, and Mexico
President Trump announced that the United States plans to impose additional tariffs on imports from Canada, China, and Mexico ...
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The Original ‘Scratchproof’ Watch From the 1960s Just Got a Very 2025 Update
We know now that there is no such thing as a scratchproof watch, but the DiaStar came pretty close. While not made of the now ubiquitous zirconium oxide ceramic found in contemporary watchmaking, the ...
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India may announce outlay of ₹18,000 cr in fresh push for National Critical Minerals Mission
The Union Government may announce an outlay of ₹18,000 crore in a fresh push for the National Critical Minerals Mission (NCMM). Government sources told CNBC-TV18 that a decision on the NCMM is likely ...
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How much of your aluminium can, glass jar or plastic bottle has been recycled?
ABC Science took three packaging products that are common and relatively easy to recycle — glass bottles, aluminium cans and PET plastic bottles — to see just how much of each makes it through ...
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Making aluminium uses 10% of Australia’s electricity. Will tax incentives help smelters go green?
Businesses such as Rio Tinto which may benefit from these subsidies have previously co-funded Climateworks’ research on industrial decarbonisation, including those involved in the aluminium ...