Tungsten components manufacture use Electron Beam Melting (abbreviation EBM) is an additive manufacturing method. Electrons accelerated under vacuum selectively melt metal powder andproduce a 3D component in an additive way layer by layer. The big advantage of this method consists in the energy source used the electron beam. It is used to pre-heat the metal powder and the carrier plate prior to melting, as a result of which deformation and inherent stress are reduced. It is possible to process materials that easily break at room temperature and can be deformed at high temperature. However, the materials used electrically conductive. The process is not suited for non-conductive ceramic materials as EBM is based on the principle of electric charging.

Australia Lynas Rare Earth Company is actively developing its supply chain territory, and the Southeast Asian country Malaysia is its key development goal. However, much Malaysian media have recently exposed that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison tried to interfere in internal affairs due to rare earth element (REE) issues and proposed to former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to abandon the licensing conditions imposed on Lynas.

A new study published in Nature Communications by scientists from Pennsylvania State University in the US reveals the newly fabricated ultra-thin two-dimensional material transistor-tungsten molybdenum sulfide, which would largely improve the performance of future chips.

China aims for achieving a carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. The realization of this goal would largely increase the demand for rare earth functional materials, especially rare earth magnets.