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China banned shipments of gallium (essential for the production ... elements (“rare earths”)—a group of 17 elements on the periodic table, which I sometimes fondly refer to as the “mighty ...
Greek-based energy and metals group Metlen has announced plans to expand its alumina production capabilities to include the extraction of the critical mineral gallium. This comes as China tightens its ...
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Greece’s Metlen Energy & Metals SA will invest about €296 million ($304 million) in the European Union’s first gallium production line, as China’s ban on exports of the critical mineral to ...
Scientists have found that our bodies need 28 different elements to function properly. These are almost one-quarter of the periodic table and are mainly found in the first four periods.
Diamonds, composed of transparent crystals of the element carbon, can be synthesized with small amounts of boron, adjacent to carbon on the periodic table. Boron contains one less electron than carbon ...
Gallium is ranked by the United States as the #1 critical mineral by supply risk, as highlighted by China’s recent export ban. The silvery-white metal is an essential element for AI ...