China hits back at U.S. tariffs by restricting export of crucial metals: tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum and indium.

Before Red Dog mine zinc and germanium wind up in American products, they get refined in Canada, then sent back to the U.S.

Silicon (Si) is a metalloid, element number 14 on the periodic table. Like carbon, silicon has four bonding sites, but silicon is more than twice as heavy as carbon. The high melting point of ...

Trigg Minerals has joined the International Antimony Association (i2a), just a day after expanding its New South Wales ...

Antimony is a shiny gray metalloid. It’s used as a fire retardant, as well as in things like photovoltaic glass and lead-acid batteries. It’s also essential as a hardener in weapons of all sorts.

It is a versatile metalloid with various industrial and commercial applications. Its uses span multiple fields due to its unique properties, such as flame retardancy, alloying capabilities, and ...

With a focus on plant tolerance to environmental challenges, nanotechnology has emerged as a potent instrument for assisting crops and boosting agricultural production in the face of a growing ...

MUMBAI: Over a month after reports of rapid hair loss emerged from 15 villages of Buldhana district, a team of experts from the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has identified selenium, a ...