Jinan University modifies molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) cathode material with glutamic acid. Recently, Hongzhan Chen, a 2018 undergraduate student majoring in Applied Physics at the College of Science and Technology of Jinan University, used the method of amino acid modification to successfully prepare a MoS₂ cathode material modified with glutamic acid.

US company Energy Fuels Inc, a uranium and vanadium processor based in Utah, will become a commercial rare earth supplier in the first quarter of 2021, having entered into a three-year supply agreement to acquire a minimum of 2500 tons per year of natural monazite sands from which it will also recover uranium at its White Mesa mill in Utah.

Recent developed rare earth denitrification catalyst has been applied in environmental protection. Recently, the Inner Mongolia Xiejie Environmental Protection Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (Xijie Huanbao) R&D team made a breakthrough in the autonomous region's major science and technology project. The research and development of the rare earth based medium and low-temperature SCR denitration catalyst powder laboratory has been completed and the technology is available for pilot scale-up and industrialization.

Due to the intensification of the global greenhouse effect, extreme climate changes have been caused, resulting in a significant reduction in the area of arable land and making crops difficult to grow. Greenhouse cultivation can reduce the disasters caused by the climate to agricultural production, and maintain the stable production of crops, and solve the famine problems that may be faced in the future. 

As of September 30, 2020, the newly added resources due to being disposed of after the integration of the Tangwuli tungsten mine mining rights in Ganzhou are 2,498,700 tons, and the estimated value of the mining rights transfer income was approximately 36 million yuan, according to the announcement of the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Natural Resources.

Recently, the team of Professor Liu Lei of Southeast University constructed a new core-sheath structure of MoS₂ (CF@MXene@ MoS₂ core-sheath structure) through electrostatic adsorption self-assembly and subsequent hydrothermal reaction, which can achieve tunable and efficient wave absorption to reduce small electromagnetic pollution.

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

Tightening prompt availability and consumer restocking before the end of the year continue to push APT and tungsten powder prices higher. Spot market activity has picked up in the last two weeks with offers moving up. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: terbium oxide price continues to rise while other products such as praseodymium oxide and lanthanum oxide remain unchanged on December 24, 2020. 

China molybdenum price is in the upward trend in the second half of December under tight supply of raw materials and consumer restocking. Now most insiders have good expect for the outlook.

Russia plans to substantially increase the mining volume of rare metals and rare earths in the next few years, according to the Russian satellite news agency Moscow report cited a roadmap report formulated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.