It can recycle waste into valuable graphene; it can regenerate graphite anodes in lithium-ion batteries; it can make low-cost hydrogen from plastic. It's the Flash Joule Heating process developed in ...

Putting that soda bottle or takeout container into the recycling bin is far from a guarantee it will be turned into something new. Scientists at Rice University are trying to address this problem by ...

A new one-step, water- acid- and alkali-free method for extracting high-purity lithium from spodumene ore has the potential to transform critical metal processing and enhance renewable energy supply ...

HOUSTON, June 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MTM Critical Metals Ltd (ASX: MTM | OTCQB: MTMCF – www.mtmcriticalmetals.com.au) announced (https://cdn-api.markitdigital.com ...

FJH Treatment Resulted in an Exceptional Beneficiation Result Increasing TREO from 1.7% to 35.0% (approximately a 20% upgrade) in a Single Step Flash and 53x/21x Dy-Tb Enrichment "These results ...

Company's Technology Can Extract Critical and Precious Metals from E-Waste as well as Serve as a Beneficiation Process for Rare Earths HOUSTON, June 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MTM Critical Metals ...

HOUSTON, Sept. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Metallium Ltd. (ASX: MTM; OTCQX: MTMCF), announced that its wholly-owned US subsidiary, Flash Metals USA Inc., has been awarded a Phase I Small Business ...

A team of researchers including Rice University’s James Tour and Shichen Xu has developed an ultrafast, one-step method to recover rare earth elements (REEs) from discarded magnets using an innovative ...