To significantly improve the current lithium battery performance, some scientists believe that the introduction of lithium metal as an anode component may be a feasible method. A "dream material" proposed by researchers at Washington State University (WSU) could replace the current negative electrode material, boosting the development of lithium batteries. As it turns out, wanting to integrate lithium batteries safely into the device still faces some challenges.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Opening this week, Chinese tungsten prices remain stable when more and more companies gradually resume operations. Most sellers still have strong rised mentality due to the tightening availability of raw materials. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: prices of DyFe and terbium oxide rise slightly while neodymium oxide and praseodymium neodymium oxide prices decline with the different influences of coronavirus for different regions. 

Chinese molybdenum power, ferro molybdenum and molybdenum concentrate prices are unchanged from the previous trading day on deadlocked supply and demand in the market. 

Newly built cemented carbide tungsten and cobalt project in Qinghe County could achieve an annual income of 1.5 million yuan per acre. On February 19, the County held a network signing ceremony for key investment projects in spring. The conference focused on signing 8 key projects with a large investment scale, high technology content, and strong industrial pulling force through a video connection. The total investment is 2.119 billion yuan, involving cashmere textiles, new energy vehicles, hard alloys, and other industrial fields.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Prices for tungsten concentrate and ammonium paratungstate (APT) in China stayed firm in the week ended on Friday February 21, 2020 amid persistent supply tightness while the country’s producers gradually resumed operations following the extended lunar new year break. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: praseodymium oxide and dysprosium oxide prices edge lower while terbium oxide and neodymium oxide prices decline slightly on Feb. 24, 2020. 

Chinese molybdenum prices are in the downward trend, especially ferro molybdenum and molybdenum concentrate due to thin market transactions. In the molybdenum concentrate market, the overall operation remains weak. Against the background of the poor development of the ferromolybdenum market, downstream users' willingness to take goods has greatly weakened, resulting in a decline in the price of molybdenum concentrates. 

A study from the University of Chicago shown that the Quantum Internet is expected to be realized with solid rare earth atoms. The quantum Internet is composed of multiple static nodes. These nodes can generate and store quantum entanglements. Quantum networks form an important element of quantum computing and quantum communication systems. Quantum networks facilitate the transmission of information in the form of quantum bits, also called qubits, between physically separated quantum processors.

Lithium deposit, a rare metal reserve critical for building batteries for electric vehicles, has been discovered in Mandya, 100 km from Bengaluru. According to the data from researchers at the Atomic Minerals Directorate, a unit of India's Atomic Energy Commission, the deposit in the study area contains about 14,100 tonnes of lithium metal.