With the development of new-energy car industry, cobalt and lithium have become the popular rare metal resources in the current market. According to Japanese media’s reports, a series of vehicle industry policy launched by China has become the turning point of intensifying the global resources scramble. The demand for rare metal will increase rapidly in the future.  

Recently, a team of international scientists reported a new type of superhard material that can be used in drilling, machine manufacturing and other fields. It is a kind of compound based on tungsten boride. After being Research has confirmed that the newly-developed tungsten boride is superior to the WC-Co hard alloy composite materials and synthetic diamond materials which are currently widely used.

Recently, the researchers in the Argonne National Laboratory have accidentally discovered that the reaction between molybdenum disulfide and nano-diamonds can produce onion-like dry lubricant which can last long.

Recently, Professor Li Guowu from Crystal Structure Laboratory in China University of Geosciences has discovered a new mineral with tungsten bronze type structure--- wumuite. The new discovery was officially approved by IMA-CNMNC (Approval No. IMA2017-067a). This is the first natural mineral with tungsten bronze type structure found in the world.