Uranium – Reuters reported that the German government has given the green light to its utilities’ plans to sell their Urenco stakes, paving the way for the much awaited sale of the second largest maker of nuclear fuel in the world.
Rare Earth – A brief look at 3 rare earth exploration hotspots outside of China.
Lithium – Toshiba Corp (TYO:6502) is targeting more than 10 percent of the rechargeable battery market share in five years, with an ambitious eye for a considerable distribution of the surging but highly competitive sector.
Uranium – Bloomberg.com reports Toshiba Corp. plans to double overseas nuclear sales by 2015. More than seventy percent of nuclear sales should come from abroad by 2015, compared with 60 percent in the year ended March 2010, Yasuharu Igarashi, senior vice president and head of the power systems division, said in an interview in Tokyo yesterday. Toshiba’s nuclear [...]
Lithium – Honda’s first attempt at mass marketing zero-emission motorbikes will use lithium-ion batteries that can be recharged to about 80 percent of capacity in 20 minutes using a rapid charger, or fully charged with a normal socket in four hours with the vehicle traveling a range of more than 30 km on a full charge.
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