Jul 23, 20153 min readWill the TESLA battery revolutionise demand for Lithium?It would be striking to learn that Lithium’s name is derived from the greek word lithos – stone, a word which itself comes from ‘litos’...
Jul 8, 20152 min readWhat the Rare Earth fiasco teaches usSir, Your obituary on the death of U.S. Rare Earth miner, Molycorp, (June 25th 2015, Boom in once ‘rare earth’ metals ends in miner’s...
Feb 4, 20153 min readThe Samarium FileIf you happen to have caught the Netflix wave, or got the box-set, you might have seen House of Cards, the US political satire transposed...
Jan 20, 20154 min readHafnium – hot right now because it can take the heatDemand for the minor metal hafnium has stepped up with growing use within the aerospace industry for heat-resistant alloys, while nuclear...
Jan 9, 20154 min readWhat hope Africa?Letter to Metal Bulletin: I read with interest the article written by Fleur Ritzema and posted on Metal Bulletin yesterday (January 8,...