Neo Performance Materials (Neo) and Energy Fuels Inc. (Energy Fuels) have launched a new rare earth production initiative spanning European and the US critical material supply chains. The plan will use natural monazite sands, a by-product of heavy mineral sands in the southeastern United States, to produce value-added products.

Researchers from Tongji University and Fudan University have designed a new structure of molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂), namely the covalently assembled superstructure between MoS₂ layers, which effectively alleviates the shortcomings of dimensional materials in battery applications. It acts as a linkage for lithium/sodium‐ion batteries.

China molybdenum price remains weak adjustment in the week began on Monday March 15, 2021 when the market is in a stalemate. Sellers are reluctant to sell at low prices while buyers try to look for low-price resources. The whole market trading is limited.

It is reported that researchers from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have designed a low-dimensional metallic MoS₂ composite membrane, which can achieve high-efficiency osmotic energy conversion due to its high ionic conductivity and excellent mechanical properties. The salt disparity energy can be better converted into electrical energy.