2018 – A Tipping Point For U.S. Resource Policy and Related Industries?
The following is a guest post by ARPN expert panel member Chris Berry, Founder, House Mountain Partners. His expertise focuses on, but is not limited to, energy metals including Lithium, Cobalt,...
View ArticleBenchmark Mineral Intelligence’s World Tour Returns to U.S. this May
Our friends from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence – formidable experts when it comes to battery tech and the mineral resources driving it – are returning to the U.S. in May for another round of their...
View ArticleMaterials Science Profiles of Progress: CMI Expands Collaborative Research...
The Critical Materials Institute (CMI), a Department of Energy research hub under the auspices of Ames Laboratory, is expanding its research on tech metals “as rapid growth in electric vehicles drives...
View ArticleSupply Chain Timelines Warrant Comprehensive Policy Approach – A Look at Lithium
In case you haven’t noticed, EV battery technology is the new black. With Lithium being one of the key metals driving this technology, our friends at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence have looked at the...
View ArticleAutomakers turn to U.S. Market as Potential Source of Lithium
We’ve said it before, EV battery technology is the new black – and if the metals and minerals fueling this technology are not yet on your radar, you’ve clearly missed the memo. Even the oil industry...
View ArticleLithium – Challenges and Opportunities Underscore Need for Domestic Resource...
In an interview with InvestingNews.com, Simon Moores, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s managing director and a member of the ARPN panel of experts, discusses challenges relating to Lithium – one of the...
View ArticleMove Over, Lithium and Cobalt, Graphite and Graphene are About to Take Center...
Earlier this week, we pointed to what we called the “new kid on the block” in battery tech – Vanadium. It appears that what held true for music, is true in this industry as well – “new kids on the...
View ArticleJadarite and the Materials Science Revolution – “Kryptonite” to Alleviate...
In 2007, a new mineral found in Serbia made headlines around the world. “Kryptonite Discovered in Mine” – wrote the BBC about the discovery of a material the chemical formula of which – sodium lithium...
View ArticleWelcome to the “Ion Age”? The Ongoing Rise of Battery Technology
Unless you’ve spent the last few years under a rock, you know that battery technology is the new black. With a new detailed “briefing” feature, The Guardian even goes as far as ringing in the “Ion Age”...
View ArticleMaterials Science Profiles of Progress: DoE’s New Research Center on Lithium...
Speaking at the Bipartisan Policy Center’s American Energy Innovation Council last week, Energy Secretary Rick Perry announced the launch of a new research center on lithium battery recycling. The...
View ArticleU.S. Senate to Hold Hearing on Energy and Mineral Markets, Member of ARPN...
We’ve called it “the new black.” The Guardian even went as far as ringing in the “Ion Age.” Bearing testimony to the growing importance of battery technology, the U.S. Senate will hold a hearing...
View ArticleU.S. Currently Bystander in Global Battery Arms Race, ARPN Expert Tells U.S....
A key global player, the United States is not used to being a bystander. Yet this is exactly what is currently happening, says Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s Managing Director Simon Moores,...
View Article“Something Does not Come from Nothing” – Formulation of Mineral Resource...
“Something does not come from nothing. That fact can be easily forgotten when it comes to seemingly abstract concepts like ‘energy,’” writes Angela Chen in a new piece for technology news and media...
View ArticleU.S. To Pursue National Electric Vehicle Supply Chain
ARPN expert panel member and managing director of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Simon Moores must have struck a nerve when he called the U.S. a “bystander” in the current battery arms race during a...
View ArticleARPN Expert Panel Member on Strategic Metals Supply Chain in an Era of...
The trade war between China and the U.S., tensions between Russia and the West, the green energy transition — today’s political, geopolitical and economic pressures have significant implications for...
View ArticleLithium: Battery Arms Race Powers R&D Efforts in Quest for Domestic Mineral...
As the “tech wars” gear up and the “battery arms race” shifts in to higher gears, efforts to promote the securing of domestic critical mineral supply chains are not only underway in policy circles in...
View ArticleU.S. Import Reliance, Supply Chains, and National Security – A Visual
The current coronavirus pandemic will have a lasting impact on many aspects of social life and public policy. With nations struggling to secure critical medicines and other supplies, many of which are...
View ArticleDemand for Certain Metals and Minerals to Increase by Nearly 500%, According...
At ARPN, we have long argued that the current push towards a lower-carbon future is not possible without mining, as green energy technology relies heavily on a score of critical metals and minerals....
View ArticleARPN Expert Panel Member: U.S. Must Turn to Building Out Critical Mineral...
Earlier this month, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), long one of the leaders on Capitol Hill pushing for a comprehensive overhaul of our nation’s mineral resource policy, addressed the...
View ArticleARPN’s Wirtz: “COVID Should Be the Last Warning the U.S. Needs to Bolster...
***Posted by Daniel McGroarty*** “The current coronavirus pandemic has exposed significant supply chain challenges associated with our over-reliance on foreign (and especially Chinese) raw materials,”...
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