The star of the moment is lithium, the key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. But did you know that manganese, which is mainly used to make steel, is also needed to manufacture this type of battery? Within the large family of lithium batteries, there are several sub-categories, such as LFP batteries (Lithium, [...]
19 January 2024
Zircon, a fake diamond? Yes, but it’s much more than that! Where does it come from? What is it used for? At Eramet, TiZir is the specialist in zirconium silicate. Although zircon was identified for the first time in 1783, excavations indicate that its discovery goes back even further than that, with references to zircon [...]
7 February 2020
