Critical Raw Materials (CRMs), also known as Critical Resource Materials, are raw materials that are economically and strategically important, but that also have a high risk of supply disruption. CRMs are essential…
Category: Energies & Energy Metals
Interesting Facts About Coking Coal: A Critical Raw Material
Coking coal, also known as metallurgical coal, is a critical raw material for U.S. steel production because it serves an irreplaceable chemical function in the steelmaking process. Unlike thermal coal which is…
25 Interesting Facts About Manganese
Manganese is an element essential for the sovereignty of modern societies, irreplaceable and consumed in large quantities by all industrialized and developing nations. Manganese has no substitute in its major applications. Of…
20 Interesting Facts About Indium
Rising fossil fuel costs and climate change concerns have produced a global emphasis on renewable energy production and sources. Indium is a mineral critically important in the implementation of large-scale photovoltaic systems….
20 Interesting Facts About Hafnium
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…
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%;…
20 Interesting Facts About Vanadium
Vanadium is a chemical element with symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery-grey, ductile, malleable transition metal. Vanadium is rarely found in nature, but once isolated artificially, the formation of an oxide layer somewhat stabilizes the free metal against…
20 Interesting Facts About Cobalt
Cobalt is both an essential biological and industrial metal, considered an important strategic mineral by counties around the world, but most of us know little about this semi-precious metal. Where does Cobalt…
A Giant-Sized History Of Oil
In the depths of the earth lies a substance that has shaped the destiny of nations, sparked countless wars, and fundamentally transformed human civilization. Oil—that ancient legacy of prehistoric life, compressed and…
Cobalt 27 Capital Corp: Owning The Future Of Energy
Sure, you’ve probably heard of Lithium. It’s an energy metal used in batteries for electric vehicles. And there are other energy metals important to our #4IR energy future as well, such as…