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Molybdenum Concentrate Prices – Mar. 11, 2020
Chinese molybdenum oxide and molybdenum concentrate prices climb slightly due to increased trading activity and decreased low-price resources. In the molybdenum concentrate market, the operating rate increases and mainstream mining enterprises keep firm offers with the effective control of corona...Read more -
Tungsten Carbide Powder Prices in the Chinese Market Are Weak
The ferro tungsten and tungsten carbide powder prices in the Chinese market remain weak adjustment affected by the imbalanced supply and demand and weakened market confidence. The ferro tungsten and tungsten carbide powder prices in the Chinese market remain weak adjustment affected by the imbala...Read more -
Tungsten: Hemerdon sold to new owner for £2.8M
The Drakelands tungsten-tin mine and processing facilities formerly operated by Australian group Wolf Minerals, and perhaps better known as the Hemerdon operation, have been acquired by firm Tungsten West for £2.8M (US$3.7M). Drakelands, located near Hemerdon in Plymouth, UK was mothballed in lat...Read more -
Ultrafine Tungsten Wire Market Comprehensive Insight by Growth
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Tungsten may not be the best shot for making ‘green’ bullets
With efforts underway to ban lead-based ammunition as a potential health and environmental hazard, scientists are reporting new evidence that a prime alternative material for bullets — tungsten — may not be a good substitute The report, which found that tungsten accumulates in major structures of...Read more -
Tungsten as interstellar radiation shielding?
A boiling point of 5900 degrees Celsius and diamond-like hardness in combination with carbon: tungsten is the heaviest metal, yet has biological functions—especially in heat-loving microorganisms. A team led by Tetyana Milojevic from the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Vienna report for...Read more -
High molybdenum in Wisconsin wells not from coal ash
When high levels of the trace element molybdenum (mah-LIB-den-um) were discovered in drinking-water wells in southeastern Wisconsin, the region’s numerous coal ash disposal sites seemed to be a likely source of the contamination. But some fine-grained detective work led by researchers from ...Read more -
China Tungsten Prices May Hold Stable Ahead of Lunar New Year Holiday
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. Global tungsten ma...Read more -
Tungsten Powder Market in China Kept Quiet in Early 2020
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 t...Read more -
Solving the mystery of quantum light in thin layers
When a current is applied to a thin layer of tungsten diselenide, it begins to glow in a highly unusual fashion. In addition to ordinary light, which other semiconductor materials can emit, tungsten diselenide also produces a very special type of bright quantum light, which is created only at spe...Read more -
Suspended layers make a special superconductor
In superconducting materials, an electric current will flow without any resistance. There are quite a few practical applications of this phenomenon; however, many fundamental questions remain as yet unanswered. Associate Professor Justin Ye, head of the Device Physics of Complex Materials group a...Read more