Archive | September, 2009
Thorium Energy Joins United States Magnet Materials Association
Earlier today, the United States Magnet Materials Association [USMMA] announced that Thorium Energy, Inc. has joined its ranks. Thorium Energy owns rare earth resources in Lemhi Pass, located in Idaho and Montana. According to the USMMA, this move “expands the coalition’s focus on rare earth materials and the rare earth magnet supply chain”. The USMMA [...]
Continue reading...Running the Gauntlet: Rare Earths, Specialty Metals and Turf Wars Inside the Beltway – Part 4
27. September 2009
This is the last in a four-part series of articles on the current scrutiny being given to rare earths by the US Congress and US Department of Defense, in the context of national security considerations. The third part can be accessed here. The full white paper can be downloaded as a PDF file from here. [...]
Continue reading...Running the Gauntlet: Rare Earths, Specialty Metals and Turf Wars Inside the Beltway – Part 3
27. September 2009
This is the third in a four-part series of articles on the current scrutiny being given to rare earths by the US Congress and US Department of Defense, in the context of national security considerations. The second part can be accessed here. The full white paper can be downloaded as a PDF file from here. [...]
Continue reading...Running the Gauntlet: Rare Earths, Specialty Metals and Turf Wars Inside the Beltway – Part 2
27. September 2009
This is the second in a four-part series of articles on the current scrutiny being given to rare earths by the US Congress and US Department of Defense, in the context of national security considerations. The first part can be accessed here. The full white paper can be downloaded as a PDF file from here. [...]
Continue reading...Running the Gauntlet: Rare Earths, Specialty Metals and Turf Wars Inside the Beltway – Part 1
27. September 2009
This is the first in a four-part series of articles on the current scrutiny being given to rare earths by the US Congress and US Department of Defense, in the context of national security considerations. The full white paper can be downloaded as a PDF file from here. Introduction The rare earths are a group [...]
Continue reading...The Windbelt: A New Non-Turbine-Based Wind Energy Generator
23. September 2009
Earlier this week I came across a rather interesting new technology from Humdinger Wind Energy, LLC. Based in Honolulu, this company claims that “from enabling smart buildings to reducing the cost of wind energy”, they are “researching & developing the world’s first non-turbine harvesting technology, the Windbelt™ generator”. Wind power without a wind turbine? Definitely [...]
Continue reading...Guest Lecture: Fundamentals of Permanent Magnets – Denmark, Oct 9, 2009
22. September 2009
During my trip to Europe next month, I will have the honor of giving a guest lecture at Aalborg University’s Institute of Energy Technology, in Aalborg, Denmark. Taking place in the afternoon of October 9, 2009, the lecture is titled ‘Fundamentals of Permanent Magnets: Materials, Basic Design Considerations & Applications“. Co-hosted by the local IEEE [...]
Continue reading...Seminar: Advanced Magnetic Materials and their Applications – Germany, Oct 12-13, 2009
22. September 2009
The UK Magnetics Society will host a seminar titled “Advanced Magnetic Materials and their Applications“, in Hanau, Germany, during October 12-13, 2009. Hanau is the home of Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co KG [a.k.a. Vac], hosts and co-sponsors of the event, and is a 30 minute drive from Frankfurt’s main airport. This will the second event [...]
Continue reading...Is It Time To Re-Establish A North American Rare Earth Information Center?
14. September 2009
Yesterday I posted an article over at RareMetalBlog with the above subject line. The Rare-earth Information Center was established in January 1966, at the Ames Laboratory in Ames, Iowa. It was a great resource for industry, government and academia with its database of papers, reports, patents, conference proceedings, news and other information on rare earths. It [...]
Continue reading...A Forgotten Figure in the Evolution of Rare Earth Permanent Magnets
13. September 2009
Whenever I read articles in the media on neodymium-based [Nd-Fe-B] permanent magnets, I’m always interested to see how much historical detail the writer includes on the subject. The majority of writers either make no mention at all of the origins of Nd-Fe-B, or will mention only that it was developed by General Motors in the [...]
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29. September 2009
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