SIBs Utilize Waste Salt and Lithium for Energy Storage

This is extremely important for anyone focused on critical minerals and the products they go into. Financial Times: “US Race to Compete with China on Lithium Runs into Water Battles” It does not have to be this way. Companies using KMX Technologies’ Vacuum Membrane Distillation (VMD) technology can be net contributors of freshwater to arid regions instead of major users of scarce local water sources. Alexandra White, #water, #lithium, #criticalminerals

Greetings! American Renewable Metals (ARM) continues to build on its momentum. We recently launched our new website: https://lnkd.in/e9NSygwQ. It lays out how our patented, closed-loop platform (U.S. Patent No. 12,215,408) recovers rare earth oxides, aluminum, gallium, and other critical minerals and valuable co-products from coal ash, mine tailings, and electronic waste; turning environmental liabilities into a domestic supply. Check it out and let us know what you think! A few milestones behind the momentum: • ARM is now a member of the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC), connecting our platform directly to defense related critical-minerals supply chains. • Our foundational patent has issued and is exclusively licensed to ARM worldwide. • We've expanded our IP portfolio with patent-pending processes for recovering zinc and iron from electric arc furnace dust, and lithium from brines and clays. Seven years of development with the Department of Energy, EPRI, industry and academic partners brought us here. The goal is commercial scale production and we are building toward that now! #CriticalMinerals #RareEarths #DomesticSupplyChain #DefenseIndustrialBase #Recycling

From Groundwater Protection to Global Gas Purification Some of the most valuable industrial materials originally arose from a problem that no one wanted to deal with. It’s no different for us. The iron hydroxide that forms the basis of our products is not manufactured as a chemical raw material. It is a byproduct of groundwater treatment, a process in which naturally occurring iron is removed from the water. Originally, this was done to protect our waterways, not to extract a raw material. But that’s exactly where the real story begins. Instead of mining new iron deposits, the recovered iron hydroxide is carefully processed and serves as the starting point for the development of high-performance adsorbents and reactants. Through many years of research and development, as well as continuous optimization, this has led to products for gas and water treatment that are now successfully used worldwide. Our media reliably remove hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) from biogas and other process gases, as well as phosphate, arsenic, and heavy metals from water. Iron-based adsorption media have been used successfully for more than 100 years to remove hydrogen sulfide. However, it is not only the method of raw material extraction that has changed, but also the development of the materials themselves. It is only through research, product development, and extensive application knowledge that a natural raw material is transformed into high-performance products for a wide variety of industrial applications. #CircularEconomy #EnvironmentalTechnology #GasPurification #HydrogenSulfide #Biogas #WaterTreatment #Innovation #ResearchAndDevelopment #Adsorption #HeGoBiotec

OnePlanet Unveils High-Purity Silicon from Solar Panel Waste “One percent silver is not a trace amount. In metallurgical terms, that’s a substantial grade, richer than most mined ore,” said Andre Pujadas, Chief Executive Officer of OnePlanet. Read More:- https://lnkd.in/d7yKRpea #businessnews #businessinsights #businessinsightsjournal #BIJ #OnePlanet

#OpenAccess #Article 📑Title: Highly Efficient Conversion of Methane to Methanol on Fe-Cu/ZSM-5 Under Mild Conditions: Effective Utilization of Free Radicals by Favorable Valence Ratios Authors: Huajie Zhang et al. This research provides a detailed understanding of how to design bimetallic catalysts for selective methane oxidation. The use of abundant base metals (Fe and Cu) and the relatively mild conditions present a more energy-efficient and potentially greener pathway for converting natural gas into a valuable liquid fuel or chemical feedstock. 📌https://lnkd.in/e3EFG4kr #MethaneConversion #Methanol #Catalysis #Zeolite #ZSM5 #H2O2 #FreeRadicals #GreenChemistry #EnergyTransition

Lithium Universe (ASX:LU7) Achieves 97% Gold Purity in E-Waste Extraction Technology Testing The test programme, conducted at the University of Edinburgh, evaluated the technology's ability to selectively recover gold from complex multi-metal chloride solutions. Results demonstrated 98% gold recovery from dissolved e-waste material, with residual dissolved gold of just 2-6 ppm following extraction. Source: "LU7 ACHIEVES EXTRACTED GOLD PURITY OF 97% FROM GCDE TECHNOLOGY", lodged with the ASX on 11 August 2026. The numbers: • Gold recovery exceeded 99% with metallic gold purity of 97.04% from laboratory testing • Diamide reagent is recyclable and requires zero organic solvents • Exceptional selectivity allows sequential recovery of multiple metals from single processing circuit • Results validate laboratory-scale performance ahead of pilot demonstration Full coverage: https://lnkd.in/gMBFn9wW If this coverage is useful, follow Orecast Intelligence to stay across Lithium Universe and the gold sector. #LU7 #Gold #PreciousMetals #ASX #SmallCaps

Molybdenum-containing nitrogenases appear to be more efficient because molybdenum helps nearby iron atoms bind nitrogen more strongly. In model cofactors, only large metals such as molybdenum or tungsten strongly bound N2, while smaller metals did not. A second result points to metal-metal electron sharing as a possible reason that first step becomes easier.

Transforming a Coal Mine into Spain's Largest Artificial Lake: The As Pontes Success Story In northwest Spain, the As Pontes coal mine has undergone a remarkable transformation from a deep pit left by nearly 60 years of lignite extraction to one of the country’s largest artificial lakes. This change began in 2008 when engineers... Read more: https://lnkd.in/eUmDefH7

When evaluating a lithium sorbent, capacity is often the first metric considered. But is it the most important? In industrial lithium recovery processes, sorbent performance depends on much more than lithium uptake alone. Selectivity, kinetics, durability, pressure drop, elution behavior, and compatibility with the target feed can all have a significant impact on project economics and operational reliability. In our latest blog, we explore why the best sorbent is not necessarily the one with the highest laboratory capacity, but the one that delivers consistent performance under real operating conditions. Read the article via the link in comments! #DirectLithiumExtraction #LithiumRecovery #EnergyTransition #LithiumRecycling #MaterialsScience

Favorable policies are emerging! Seawater desalination is poised for expansion, with silicon carbide short-process pretreatment leading the way in domestic substitution.#membrane