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Previously, precious metals like iridium and platinum were lost during the recycling of spark plugs. However, PGM Recovery Systems (now noble6) has patented a high-speed robotic process that can recover these critical elements. This means that there is now an opportunity to be remunerated for collecting spark plugs in bulk. Edmund Schwenk, CEO of noble6, is addressing this long-standing dilemma of ...

Gold prices edged higher on Monday, helped by a retreat in the dollar and bond yields, while investors awaited a slew of U.S. economic data this week for more clues on interest rate outlook.

Chiba University researchers show the hydrogen evolution reaction activity of a GoldNickel/Gold electrocatalyst increases due to surface defects formed via Nickel dealloying. Gold (Au)-based electrocatalysts used for hydrogen production via water electrolysis exhibit high chemical stability but low hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity. Alloying them with nickel (Ni) can improve their HER ...

BASF SE has hired Morgan Stanley to help it explore options for its business making catalysts for combustion engines, including a possible sale, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Recently, a team of researchers achieved a significant improvement in production efficiency of H2, a green energy source, through the development of a platinum nanocatalyst. They accomplished this feat by depositing two different metals in a stepwise manner.

The research team developed a novel nano reactor to finely control the location of metals deposited onto a 2D flat nanocrystal ...

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Over one thousand new hydrogen cars were sold in the US.

Figure 4. Mass activities towards the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) derived from RDE measurements (10 mV s−1, 1600 rpm, 60 °C, air sat. 0.5 M H2SO4) for the following OER co-catalysts: unsupported Ir-black (black), and IrO2 (dark blue), carbon-supported metallic iridium 30 wt.% Ir/C (grey), carbon-supported crystalline iridium oxide 30 wt.% IrO2/C (light blue), carbon-supported amorphous iridium ...

Earnings for the period decreased primarily due to lower revenue, arising from an 18% lower achieved dollar metal price, partially offset by a 16% weaker rand.
“The impact of the increased frequency/severity of load curtailment and cable theft resulted in a cumulative loss of 147,000 6E ounces of refined production for the period, which negatively impacted sales volumes.

It's the Fourth Consecutive Year-Over-Year increase.