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Coal Trade

US Coal Exports Extend Declines

US coal exports fell from year-earlier levels in July as a drop in thermal coal shipments outweighed an increase in metallurgical volumes.

Supply of the geo-membrane welding machine

Tenders are invited for supply of the geo-membrane welding machine, electrical motor, fixed drill machine, fixed grinding machine, metal cut-off machine, small

Crude Oil

Metals Can Leap Over the Oil Slick

After 2008, metals and oil rebounded together from the depths of the financial crisis, as China’s consumption of raw materials took off. This time, their recov…

Coal Trade

China Should Tighten Controls on Met Coal Imports: CCTD

China's government-backed coal transport and distribution association has called on authorities to tighten restrictions on imports of metallurgical coal.

Electric Vehicle Battery

Researchers Look to Ocean Floor for “Sustainable” EV Battery Materials

Mining for polymetallic nodules would also result in a 100% reduction in solid waste, a 94% land use reduction, and a 93% reduction in risk to wildlife.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Metal-Organic Framework Materials Show Promise for Fuel Cells

New metal-organic framework materials with ultrahigh porosity and surface area could help in the development of next generation fuel cell-electric vehicles.

Canada, UK Strengthen Nuclear Collaboration

This follows an MoU they signed in 2016 to collaborate on a variety of projects in reactor metallurgy, fuel development, waste management and medical radioisoto…

Energy Storage Battery

Potassium Metal Battery Emerges as a Rival to Lithium-Ion Technology

From cell phones, to solar power, to electric cars, humanity is increasingly dependent on batteries. As demand for safe, efficient, and powerful energy storage …

Energy Storage Battery

Simple Metal Films Give Fuel Cells a Boost

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) promise efficient energy generation with low emissions but the methane oxidation reaction (MOR) on which they rely is slow.

Refurbishment, Maintenance & routine inspections of metal structured transmission lines & all structures

Tenders are invited for Refurbishment, Maintenance & routine inspections of metal structured transmission lines & all structures

Crude

South Sudan Ignores Reports on Oil Pollution, Birth Defects

The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy met…

Energy Storage Battery

New Electrolyte Charges Efforts to Achieve Viable Calcium Batteries

An electrolyte with impressive electrolytic properties has been used to demonstrate room-temperature calcium batteries with metal sulfide cathodes for the first…

Using Liquid Metal to Repurpose Waste Heat

Researchers in the Renewable Energy and Virtual Technology lab at UTD developed a prototype generator that uses gallium to recover low temperature waste heat fr…

Researchers Find Evidence of How Hydrogen Causes Embrittlement of Steels

University of Sydney researchers have found evidence of how hydrogen causes embrittlement of steels. When hydrogen moves into steel, it makes the metal become b…

New Technology

Scientists Develop New Concept:Hydrogen to Be Refilled Five Times Faster

They have now published a new concept in the scientific journal Nature Scientific Reports, by which these systems can for the first time be refilled five times …