Neodymium market: our top ten facts?
…which operates the Mountain Pass mine on the Nevada-California border, supplying and processing 15% of the world’s Rare Earths in 2020 (of which 11.5% is neodymium). Lynas Rare Earths (listed…
Electric vehicles: motors and magnets?
…other Rare Earths, including dysprosium and praseodymium. Rare Earth magnets are preferred, because they are more efficient and more reliable. For example, one alternative is to use an electro-magnet in…
Wind turbine generators: DFIGs or Rare Earth magnets?
…10-15MW turbines, especially offshore, is almost always associated with PMSG turbines. Why do wind turbines use Rare Earth magnets? The short answer is that Rare Earth magnets have greater magnetic…
Magnets and permanent magnets: company screen?
…Rare Earths miner. Diversified companies are also noted in the screen, with Rare Earths, magnetic materials or magnet components as part of the broader commercial portfolios, including a leading Japanese…
Magnets and energy: fundamental attraction?
…magnets with Rare Earth metals. This 15-page overview of magnets covers key concepts and controversies for the energy transition. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart What is a magnet? There are…
Heap leaching: energy economics?
…uranium, and Rare Earths. The data-file allows you to stress test costs in $/ton of ore, $/ton of metal, capex, opex, chemicals costs, energy intensity and CO2 intensity. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout…
Bloom Energy: solid oxide fuel cell technology?
…Energy is sometimes quoted as being the largest scandium consumer in the world (examples here and here). Scandia costs have ranged from $1,000-5,000/kg. Other Rare Earths mentioned in Bloom’s patents…
Metals and materials: strength and temperature resistance?
…and jet engines; why glass fiber and carbon fiber are used in wind turbine blades; why traces of Rare Earth metals are introduced into high-pressure pipelines for gas transportation or…
Commodity prices: metals, materials and chemicals?
…higher priced than the average Rare Earth metal in the data-file (which is unusual, but not the first time). Battery material prices over time $ per ton for lithium, cobalt,…
Electric vehicles: breaking the ICE?
…also requires overcoming bottlenecks in lithium, fluorinated polymers, battery-grade nickel, graphite, copper, Rare Earth Metals and SiC. Mechanically, you can also multiply the number of vehicles discussed in this note…