Video news: RHI poised to acquire Turkish magnesite mine
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Published: Friday, 06 September 2013
RIKEN to develop lithium-iodine battery; Hi-Crush sees strong proppants prospects
On this week’s programme we report on how leading
refractories producer RHI is poised to acquire the right to
mine a mothballed magnesite operation in Turkey.
The world of batteries sees a team of Chinese and Korean
researchers at Japan’s RIKEN centre develop a lithium-iodine battery system that has
double the energy density of conventional lithium-ion
batteries.
In the US proppant manufacturer Hi-Crush Partners reports an increase in
net income and revenue for the second quarter of 2013 as it
continues to thrive on a buoyant unconventional oil and gas
market.
And finally, Japan’s major producer of chloride-route
titanium dioxide pigment, Ishihara Sangyo
Kaisha, has elected to close its Singapore plant. The plant has
a capacity of 54,000 tpa of TiO2 pigment and was
first opened in February 1989.