As a lithium-ion battery with great potential, lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery could store up to five times the energy per unit weight. Facing obstacles with a much shorter life, Science Advances recently reported that the research team of Monash University, led by Dr. Mahdokht Shaibani, has found a new stable and efficient lithium-sulfur battery structure that could outperform current market leaders by more than four times, and power Australia and other global markets well into the future.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

China tungsten prices remained stable in the week ended on Friday January 3, 2020 affected by the holiday of New Year and lukewarm demand in the market. Most market particip ants are paying attention to the implementation of various policies and the release of a new round of price forecasts for tungsten from listed tungsten companies.

Rare earth market quotation in China: the latest of europium oxide and praseodymium oxide prices decline slightly while neodymium oxide price edge higher. The enthusiasm of downstream users for inquiries and purchases is relatively low, and actual transactions are rare. 

Molybdenum market quotation in China: the latest of molybdenum powder, concentrate and ferro molybdenum prices maintain stability affected by good performance in the steel tenders. The whole industry's confidence is boosted despite continuous quiet market trading. 

Jiangxi Ganzhou Rare Metal Exchange Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Ganzhou Rare Metal Exchange) has officially opened for operation at the end of 2019. It is an exchange for spot transactions in tungsten, rare earths and minor metals, according to a report posted by the Association of China Rare Earth Industry on Thursday.

The first liquid-air energy storage (LAES) plant in the US is expected to compete with lithium-ion battery energy storage and gain a foothold in the energy storage market.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

In the first trading day of the year of 2020, the tungsten prices in China still keep stable in wake of strong rised mentality of sellers but rare transactions concluded.

DeepHealth proposed that they are expected to develop software that can improve the accuracy and accessibility of molybdenum target screening worldwide recently. Working with several well-known institutions around the world, they developed a deep learning model for breast cancer detection that defeated five full-time radiologists and previous SOTA models. Although this deep learning model is mainly trained for Western populations, it can also be widely applied to Chinese populations. But on Reddit, many netizens have expressed different views and opinions.

Chile plans to increase lithium carbonate production from the current 96,000 tons per year to 232,000 tons per year by 2027-making it the world's second-largest producer, according to Bnamericas.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The tungsten concentrate price in China failed to move up despite the tight supply due to the stricter environmental protection inspection. But producers predict the raw material price will rise further before the Lunar New Year holiday (January 24-30).