China’s sodium molybdate, ammonium molybdate and ammonium heptamolvbdate prices continue to rise at the beginning of the week. The low spot inventory of molybdenum concentrate and ferro-molybdenum and the fact that some steel companies are still willing to bid for ferro-molybdenum have largely supported the strong quotation confidence of suppliers.

Researchers at the University of South Australia (UniSA) are developing a safer way to extract key rare earths and reduce the environmental impact.

American Rare Earths (ARR) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded research and development program to drill projects in Wyoming and Arizona. Previously, Western Rare Earths, a subsidiary of American Rare Earths, was named a member of the DOE's Energy Innovation Center - Critical Materials Institute, and in March, ARR's Halleck Creek Rare Earths Project in Wyoming was launched for drilling.

W Resources PLC (WRES)'s shares have been suspended as the company continues to grapple with what it calls "extraordinarily challenging" operational and commercial conditions, and its La Parrilla business has also been temporarily suspended.

Emu NL performed UV testing on rock fragments from recent RC drilling, and the results showed that these samples fluoresced, identifying tungsten (W) and gold (Au) anomalies.

A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute recently studied the organisms responsible for nitrogen fixation and the types of nitrogenase used in the anoxic, low molybdenum (Mo) chemosphere of Lake Cadagno by combining natural abundance isotope measurements with stable isotope culture, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and single-cell analysis.

A research article in Chemistry of Materials suggests that controlled separation of MoS₂ nanocomposites can be performed using water as a solvent, an ecological approach that is highly beneficial for industrial photovoltaic applications. Molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂), like graphene, has been one of the most intensively studied materials by scientists.

A study conducted at the research neutron source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has shown that the radioactive waste generated during the production of Mo-99 product - Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) could be significantly reduced.

New research from the University of South Australia may change the way rare earths and other important metals are recovered, making eco-mining possible and reducing environmental impact.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

The new round of tungsten guide prices for the first half of April were raised slightly compared with last month despite of continued quiet demand, which shored up market confidence to some extent.