Newsletters & Policy briefs

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In this edition articles about:

• How urban mining can boost gender equality: the TARANTULA vision
• International Conference on Raw Materials and Circular Economy
• 5 lessons learned from NEMO’s event on remining extractive waste
• TARANTULA team members in the spotlight
• 62nd virtual General Assembly of T.I.C.
• (Re)Mining extractive waste, a new business?

In this edition articles about:

• “Recycling the strongest metals” is the title of the animated TARANTULA project presentation movie
• CRM list 2020: how critical are W, Nb and Ta for EU in 2020?
• ICAMCyL at the 4th workshop of RMIS (Raw Materials Information System)
• 61st virtual General Assembly of T.I.C.
• TARANTULA team members in the spotlight

In this edition articles about:

• Second TARANTULA consortium meeting in Seville
• T.I.C.’s 60th General Assembly on tantalum and niobium (Oct. 2019)
• The green transition challenged by the metal supply chain
• Why tungsten, niobium and tantalum are critical raw materials
• TARANTULA team members in the spotlight
• Upcoming Events

Below, some of the latests bulletins of the Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center (T.I.C.) are copied. For more news items, we kindly refer you to www.tanb.org/news

This edition of the Bulletin includes articles about:

• Tantalum capacitors in critical medical applications
• Beautiful metal: oxide films on niobium and tantalum
• Tantalum polymer capacitors capable of high temperature operation
• NORM transport: time to increase the exemption level
• Recycling e-waste: a report from ICPREM-2020
• Tantalum: a market overview by DERA

This edition of the Bulletin includes articles about:

• Maglev trains: very fast niobium
• The Ekeberg Prize: Shortlist 2019
• Charles Hatchett and the origin of columbium
• Is pure tantalum (Ta) radioactive?
• The Tarantula Project
• 60th General Assembly: Technical Abstracts
• An open letter on synthetic concentrates