Part of the continuing rise LME lead metal. Nickel both hit new high
October 12 London news: London Metal Exchange (LME) Nickel hit a record high Thursday, the stock D5318 market worried about the low-motivation, a view also lead jumped to a contract high, due to expected premium will be higher physical.
The three-month lead rose to 1,505 dollars per tonne, for the contract in early 90's changed from British pound-denominated dollar-denominated value beyond the maximum.
Lead evening integrated transactions reported 149.2 ton / 1,495. While the three-month nickel closed at 30,500 U.S. dollars, up from Wednesday's close of 30,100 / 30,150 U.S. dollars, had earlier hit a record high G5266 of 30,600.
One London analyst said: high nickel prices. . . I think that will be the recovery of copper, which will promote the overall higher basic metals.
Overnight nickel inventories increased 966 tons to 4,986 tons, slightly more than a day of global consumption hd438, but because there are 2,334 tons for delivery has been registered, only 2,652 tons of copper can be used to support the annual consumption of 1.4 million tons of market .
Copper for three months late to market an integrated trading down to 25 U.S. dollars per 7,490, for the 7,515 Wednesday, the day the majority of today's fluctuations in a narrow range.
The three-month tin jumped to 9,450 U.S. dollars 375 U.S. dollars. Weakening the three-month zinc to 3,775. Aluminum fell 5 U.S. dollars to 2,595 dollars.
Analysts pointed out that the city of Al-increasing tension KD186. A month ago, three-month aluminum price premium over the spot in about 50 U.S. dollars. Thursday, spot prices over the three-month nickel price of 1.50 U.S. dollars.
U.S. battery industry is not committed to starting in 2011 to add mercury button batteries
National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) announced a trade initiative: since 2011, not from the button batteries (the batteries are widely used in watches, calculators and hearing aids) to add mercury. Is the only button batteries still contain mercury added batteries.
Traditionally, the use of mercury in batteries by adding the method to reduce leakage would result in battery life and storage battery to reduce the formation of internal gas. In view of increasing concern on the environment, the battery industry to develop alternative products, and in 1993, before the phasing out of the ordinary size alkaline batteries and zinc carbon batteries add mercury. However, due to technical limitations, some of which is due to the size of small button batteries, button batteries prevented the removal of mercury.
Nevertheless, the efforts of the battery industry is making an annual consumption of mercury reduction of more than 1000 tons. From 1991 to 1995, the battery industry for a hearing aid out of batteries, the batteries were in 1996 "of mercury and rechargeable battery management regulations", which is prohibited. Made entirely in the recent removal of mercury-added button cell of the decision, the battery industry has the button cell mercury content in the record down to the lowest - less than the federal government provides half of the 25mg limit.
Mercury in lakes and streams in the accumulated, and further led to the emergence of methylmercury. Methylmercury in fish, people, animals in vivo accumulation of up to threaten the health and life level. American National Standards Institute (ANSI) pointed out that methylmercury can lead to fertility decline, the impact of development and behavior and even death, depending on the size of exposure.
As a participant in this initiative, the parties involved in organizations and institutions will invest resources to solve the battery problems that arise, and continuously improve the level of process technology.
The United States will build the world's largest thin-film battery factory
San Francisco City, a private company building in the Gulf region will be the world's largest thin film solar cell production plant, will increase the supply of solar energy products for the U.S. to provide a clean source of energy.
At present, the rapid growth of market demand for solar energy, solar energy technologies and products have become concerned about the risk of investment goods. The solar cell factories using the latest technology to produce thin-film battery technology, to start construction in 2006, put into operation in 2007, production as thin as paper, flexible solar cells highly. These battery products, the first assembly of solar panels will eventually be cut into different styles to suit the form of various types of construction components, and large-scale construction to the roof, the family and the independent sales of solar energy power station. Annual output will reach 430 MW. Sufficient generating capacity for 325,000 families living electricity. At present, the production of all U.S. solar cell plant for 153 MW in total. In 2005 about the global solar energy market, 11.2 billion U.S. dollars, increasing 55 percent over the previous year. According to projections, by 2015 will reach 51 billion U.S. dollars.
In solar cell production, the United States lags behind Japan and Europe, ranked third, accounting for global market share of 10%. New thin-film solar battery factory will enable the United States rose to second place, and will become a world-class, with the price competitiveness of the solar cell production plant one. At present, approximately 90% of the world by the crystalline silicon solar cell materials, the shortage of refined silicon. And the introduction of new technology to produce thin film solar cells use a complex hi-tech, solar cells will be "printed" on plastic and metal foil, the use of a copper alloy coating to absorb sunlight and generate electricity. Its efficiency with the traditional crystalline silicon solar cells equal, and the manufacturing cost of traditional crystalline silicon cells is only 1 / 5. Thin-film solar cell production technology, and production of computer chips compared to the process looks more like a newspaper in India. Production from a giant roller foil starting material "Indian" in the above, and cutting, the realization of the solar industry economic model from the semiconductor business GD761 to "print" business economic model is a new breakthrough and innovation .
