New aluminum-sulphur battery developed to lower cost of energy storage
Mining News Pro - An international team of researchers led by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a new kind of battery, made entirely from abundant and inexpensive materials.
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Molybdenum, sulphur key to converting CO2 into methanol
Mining News Pro - Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) have developed a solution that allows for the production of liquid methanol from carbon dioxide using a catalyst material made of sulphur and molybdenum.
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Eskom is now world’s biggest sulphur dioxide emitter
Mining News Pro - Eskom Holdings, South Africa’s coal-reliant power utility, has become the world’s biggest emitter of sulphur dioxide, a pollutant linked to ailments ranging from asthma to heart attacks, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said.
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Lithium-sulphur batteries one step closer to becoming viable
Mining News Pro - Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology developed a new technique that allows them to modify lithium-sulphur (Li-S) batteries to suppress a problem known as polysulfide shuttling.
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Eskom tests market for Medupi flue gas desulphurisation solutions
Mining News Pro - Eskom has issued a no-obligation request for information (RFI) in a bid to gain insight into what flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) technologies are currently available and to assess their potential suitability for deployment at the Medupi power station, in Limpopo.
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Sulphur squeeze spells trouble for Congo’s miners
Mining News Pro - Disruptions caused by the coronavirus crisis have pushed up prices for sulphur by about 10% this year in the Democratic Republic of Congo, driving up costs of a vital ingredient for mining cobalt and copper in the African nation.
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Sulphur Springs feasibility study confirms long-life, high-margin Australian copper-zinc mine with outstanding economics
Mining News Pro - Venturex Resources’ Board has endorsed the DFS for the base case, 1.25 Mt/y development of the 100%-owned Sulphur Springs copper-zinc project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia based on new Ore Reserves, with key life-of-mine outcomes including project revenue of A$2,625 million, free cashflow (pre-tax real) of A$818 million, pre-production processing plant and infrastructure capital of A$146 million, pre-tax NPV8% of A$472 million, IRR (pre-tax) 51% and average annual pre-tax cashflow of ~A$80 million.
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Anglo American Platinum selects Topsoe’s WSA tech for sulphur emissions control
Mining News Pro - Anglo American Platinum has signed a contract for Topsoe’s world-leading Wet gas Sulphuric Acid (WSA) sulphur emissions control technology for their platinum smelter facility in Polokwane, South Africa. The statement said: “The WSA technology ensures compliance with environmental regulations and offers a perfect match to the often challenging requirements of metallurgical smelters and roasters. WSA is a proven and very cost-efficient technology to control sulphur emissions and produces commercial-grade sulphuric acid that can be sold.”
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