Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) is in short supply, and the US has delayed the export ban on highly enriched uranium (HEU). According to Reuters, the US Department of Energy (DOE) recently waived a two-year ban on licenses for the export of weapons-grade uranium for making medical isotopes. Opponents point out that this would raise proliferation risks and undermine companies that are converting to safer materials.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The ferro tungsten and cesium tungsten bronze prices continued to maintain stability in the Chinese market in the week ended on Friday January 10, 2020 with the impact of geopolitical uncertainty and trade tensions in major industrial economies. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: praseodymium oxide, lanthanum oxide and europium oxide prices remain stable when companies in the whole industry chain hold cautious sentiment. 

Molybdenum market quotation in China: molybdenum powder and molybdenum bar prices maintain stability while ferro molybdenum price edges higher. On the one hand, the supply of molybdenum concentrate is tight, supporting most traders' rised mentality. Low-price resources are difficult to be purchased at present. 

A new type of rare earth heat-insulating glass coating that could block direct radiation when applied to glass and can also achieve thermal insulation, heat preservation, energy-saving, and other functions has been successfully released in Tianjin.

In MoS2 lithium battery electrode materials, Hefei Institutes of Physical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASHIPS) has made a series of progress. Recently, the Bangchuan Zhao research group at the Functional Materials Research lab of the Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has contributed progress in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) electrode materials. The relevant research results were published in ChemElectroChem, Nanoscale, and Small.

In the exploration and development of marine mineral resources such as deep-sea rare earths and natural gas hydrates, the undersea discovery plan of the Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao) has made major breakthroughs in 2019. The Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao)'s 2019 Academic Annual Meeting, was held from January 11 to 12, took stock of the highlights of the past year.

Researchers develop the enhanced performance of poly (m-phenylene isophthalamide) (PMIA) composite hollow fiber ultrafiltration membranes by oxidized molybdenum disulfide (O-MoS2) nanosheets modification. Recently, Kaisong Zhang's research group published the result in the international journal Desalination and Water Treatment. Ph.D. student Qinliang Jiang is the first author, and researcher Kaisong Zhang is the corresponding author. This research was supported by the CAS Bureau of Frontier Sciences & Education and the Bureau Project of International Cooperation of the Chinese Academy Sciences.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

China tungsten prices are forecast to hold stable ahead of the lunar new year holiday at the end of January. But market participants continue to fear the impact of geopolitical uncertainty and its effect on global economic development and subsequently on spot demand and prices.

On tungsten diselenide (WSe2), molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), and graphene to produce ultra-thin dielectrics for developing a new design strategy for manufacturing 2-D electronic devices. Two-dimensional semiconductors can have very useful applications, especially as channel materials for low-power transistors. These materials exhibit extremely high mobility at extremely high thicknesses, which makes them highly promising alternatives to silicon in the manufacture of electronics.