Frontiers in Earth Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: Dec. 12, 2024
Nickel
is
an
important
key
resource
and
plays
increasingly
role
in
new
energy
technologies.
The
stability
of
its
worldwide
supply
chain
crucial
for
addressing
country
risks
unforeseen
events.
To
explore
the
impact
on
global
nickel
chain,
this
study
conducts
a
complex
network
analysis
panel
regression
ore,
ferro-nickel,
stainless-steel
trade
data
from
2000
to
2022.
reveals
mechanisms
by
which
economic
political
affect
structure
commodities
identifies
drivers
patterns.
finds
that
increase
risk
promotes
diversification
sources,
while
hurts
export
scale
control
ability.
Industrial
adjustments
R&D
investments
have
significant
structure,
especially
trade.
China
major
consumer
importer,
occupies
central
position
network,
Indonesia
Philippines’
policy
changes
market.
This
provides
empirical
basis
management
scientific
formulation
strategic
planning.
Geosystems and Geoenvironment,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 100310 - 100310
Published: Aug. 1, 2024
The
global
demand
for
metallic
mineral
resources
has
been
rising
constantly
not
only
due
to
the
world's
continued
population
growth,
but
also
accelerated
by
recently
proclaimed
'green
energy
transition'
aiming
replace
fossil
fuels
wind,
solar,
hydrogen,
and
geothermal
energy.
current
situation
causes
a
dilemma
as
supply
of
is
limited
and,
at
least
when
this
article
was
written,
most
critical
metals
neither
can
be
substituted
nor
recycled
economically
industrial
scale.
As
consequence,
must
considered
non‐renewable
commodities.
This
study
documents
main
applications
risks
with
special
emphasis
on
their
respective
roles
green
(also
referred
media
clean
or
renewable)
transition.
In
summary,
natural
distribution
in
Earth's
upper
crust
very
heterogeneous
consumption
rates,
will
likely
lead
near
future.
More
specifically,
>40
vol%
reserves
metals,
such
chromium,
palladium,
platinum
(South
Africa),
cobalt
(Democratic
Republic
Congo),
cadmium,
indium,
rare
earth
elements,
tungsten
(China),
are
concentrated
single
country
obvious
geopolitical
strategic
implications.
Importantly,
these
apart
from
crucial
success
RSC Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Phytomining,
the
extraction
of
valuable
metals
from
soil
or
waste
substrates
using
plants,
has
gained
increasing
attention
as
a
sustainable
and
economically
viable
alternative
to
conventional
mining
practices.
Green Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(12), P. 6926 - 6943
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
This
article
reviews
the
supply
of
nickel
metal
for
lithium-ion
batteries
with
regard
to
its
resources,
reserves,
extraction
and
recycling,
application.
Polymers,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(5), P. 567 - 567
Published: Feb. 20, 2025
As
a
typical
heavy
metal
pollutant
discharged
from
industrial
activities,
nickel
ions
are
highly
bioaccumulative
and
carcinogenic,
low
concentrations
(>0.5
mg/L)
can
disrupt
the
balance
of
aquatic
ecosystems
pose
threat
to
human
health.
In
this
study,
bifunctional
adsorbent
based
on
carboxymethyl
cellulose/boron
nitride
hydrogel
was
prepared
for
treatment
nickel-containing
wastewater
with
high
adsorption
capacity
Ni2+
(800
mg/L,
344
mg/g),
after
adsorption,
waste
gel
converted
into
nickel-doped
porous
carbon
material
through
carbonization
used
as
bilayer
capacitor
electrode
achieve
specific
capacitance
40.6
F/g
at
current
density
1
A/g.
The
retention
rate
>98%
150
cycles.
This
strategy
simultaneously
solves
problems
purification
(the
method
is
applicable
medium-
high-concentration
heavy-metal
wastewater)
environmental
pollution
caused
by
adsorbents,
provides
new
paradigm
“adsorption-resourcing”
closed-loop
pollutants.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: April 30, 2025
Ultramafic
rocks
are
an
abundant
source
of
cations
for
CO2
mineralization
(e.g.,
Mg)
and
elements
sustainability
technologies
Ni,
Cr,
Mn,
Co,
Al).
However,
there
is
no
industrially
useful
process
dissolving
ultramafic
materials
to
release
sequestration
or
mining
them
energy-critical
elements.
Weathering
by
rainwater,
metal
cations,
subsequent
already
naturally
sequesters
from
the
atmosphere,
but
this
natural
will
take
thousands
hundreds
years
remove
excess
anthropogenic
CO2,
far
too
late
deal
with
global
warming
that
happen
over
next
century.
Mechanical
acceleration
weathering
grinding
can
accelerate
cation
prohibitively
expensive.
In
article
we
show
gluconic
acid-based
lixiviants
produced
mineral-dissolving
microbe
Gluconobacter
oxydans
leaching
Mg2+
20×
deionized
water,
Mg,
Fe,
Ni
further
improves
73%
24
96
h.
At
low
pulp
density
(1%)
G.
biolixiviant
only
6%
more
effective
than
acid.
But,
at
60%
3.2×
just
We
demonstrate
biolixiviants
made
cellulosic
hydrolysate
not
significantly
worse
glucose,
dramatically
improving
feedstock
available
bioleaching.
Finally,
reduce
number
carbon
atoms
in
glucose
hydrolysate)
needed
one
ion
mineralize
atom
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