Non-ferrous metals and alloys are vital and essential resources that are used in the development of a wide range of modern industries, driving technologies and economies, and creating wealth 1,2,3,4.

Extensive and rapid developments in the alumina industry have made bauxite resources increasingly scarce. China possesses over 800 million tons of diasporic high-sulfur bauxite, mainly in Henan, ...

A revolutionary method of using concentrated solar energy for producing hydrogen in a clean, safe and inexpensive way was developed by a cooperation of scientists from Israel, Sweden, Switzerland and ...