The United States is a net importer of hafnium and there is no U.S. government stockpile of this geopolitically-essential commodity. Importantly, world primary hafnium production data and quantitative estimates of hafnium reserves…
Author: Brian Colwell
Alternative Investment Explorer
20 Interesting Facts About Gallium
Gallium is not produced in the United States and there is no government stockpile. U.S. gallium demand is satisfied by imports, with domestic import sources from 2014 to 2017 as: China, 32%;…
25 Interesting Facts About Fluorspar
Fluorspar is the commercial name for fluorite, which is the only fluorine mineral mined at scale. The largest global production of fluorspar is found in China, followed next by Mexico. The number…
15 Interesting Facts About Cesium
The market for cesium is relatively small and world reserves are massive when compared to world demand. Because cesium supply is vast, and most cesium reserves are located in geopolitically stable countries,…
SINOVATE – Data Privacy For Mass Adoption
SINOVATE (SIN) is a “Peer-to-Peer (P2P) digital currency and ecosystem which creates unique and modern Blockchain products, services and solutions.” According to CEO Tamer Dagli, SINOVATE “was created to introduce new, unique…
20 Interesting Facts About Barite
The largest identified global resources of barite are found in the Qinling and Jiangnan regions of southern China and the Cuddapah district of India. In 2018, China was the largest producer of…
20 Interesting Facts About Antimony
Antimony is an important mineral commodity used widely in modern industrialized societies and considered by many nations to be a Critical Resource Mineral because of its applications in aerospace and defense. There…
20 Interesting Facts About Tellurium
Tellurium is critical to efficient, thin-film photovoltaic cells that produce electricity from sunlight. Several materials can replace tellurium in most of its uses, but with losses in efficiency and product characteristics. With…
NIX Platform Develops SIGMA For Proof-of-Stake
First interviewing NIX October 2018, I’ve followed NIX development for some time. This week I sat down with the NIX team to chat on SIGMA, which seems to be a primary solution…
Spectrecoin’s Ring-Signature Stealth Staking
With a serious zerocoin flaw recently coming to light and impacting many popular privacy tech projects, I thought it pertinent to chat with Spectrecoin, which introduced a first-of-its-kind ring-signature-based stealth staking protocol…