BORON AND BORATES NEWS
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NEWS
Benefits Of Natural Foods High In Boron
Eating natural foods is an important part of staying healthy and ensuring you get the recommended daily allowance of Boron, a mineral essential for optimal bodily functioning.
Boron Helps Generate Cheap And Clean Electricity
Looking for Clean Electricity? Boron to the Rescue! It's been a while since we've had a blog post about the wonders of Boron's electrical conductivity powers. Boron is used to produce electricity, which is great for those who are looking to save on their electric...
Deloitte Clean Tech Index
The Deloitte Australia Clean Tech (DACT) index is a global comparative ranking of companies. They rank organizations by recognizing their innovative and sustainable approach to business. Clean Tech stocks listed in Australia and was launched in 2008.
Nuclear Waste Is Revolutionizing The Glass Industry
Nuclear waste can now be vitrified into durable borosilicate glass for long-term secure storage which is an ingenious breakthrough in hazardous management.
Gender Inequality In The Face of Food Insecurity
Gender inequality contributes significantly to food insecurity. Boron is an essential micronutrient that aids in the improvement of food security and, there are implications for gender equality by increasing agricultural production efficiencies.
White Howlite: The Healing Gemstone
White Howlite is a remarkable gemstone, from stylish jewelry pieces to the soothing properties it holds, this captivating borate mineral has certainly made an indelible mark.
Marine Life Thrives With Boron
Boron is a remarkable chemical element that plays an essential part in maintaining the delicate balance of marine life.
NEWS
Boron: A Metalloid Of Vital Importance
The metalloid elemental boron can be found in small quantities in meteoroids. However, chemically uncombined elements of Boron are not found anywhere else on Earth. The production of the pure element can be complex due to contamination by carbon and other elements that resist being removed.
Company Profile of Orocobre Lithium
Sinead Kaufman takes up the responsibilities to improve Rio Tinto Minerals' performance by taking it to another level. She handles a diverse range of commodities belonging to the mining giant. Her team is working at ground level pushing $3.2 billion into the metal Lithium.
Podcast – Boron and Nuclear Fusion
In today's podcast, we're going to look at boron and nuclear fusion. Is boron the key to unlocking energy via nuclear fusion? For the past 80 years, scientists have been exploring ways to capture energy, to provide an inexhaustible supply of quasi- free green energy.
Boron Solutions for Electronics
Clean Electronics with Boron Solutions Technology has forever been a part of our lives. It brings both good and bad things to the world; it allows us to access information and enables society as we know it today with cell phones, computers, internet connections, and more. The noise from an electronic device is never-ending for those who are constantly in contact or near these devices daily; however, this may be why many people do their best work at home where there are fewer distractions such as TV soundtracks that can keep them up late into the night when they should be sleeping instead...
Boron and Daily Diet
Boron is an essential mineral in our daily diet. Boron can be found in foods such as fruits and vegetables. If you are showing signs of Boron deficiency such as brittle fingernails. hair loss, muscle weakness, joint pain, supplements may be required. Boron is typically taken as borax, boric acid, or as a boron citrate supplement for those looking to include Boron in a regular diet.
Boron Suzuki Coupling
Boron chemistry has become one of the most versatile and valuable fields in organic catalysis and synthesis. Numerous useful reactions like hydroborylations or Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings - Boron suzuki coupling -are now indispensable to the synthetic toolbox of both academia and industry researchers. The development of C(sp3)-Boron reagents and subsequent metal-catalyzed cross-couplings serves to accelerate innovative applications of otherwise challenging organic adducts across multiple areas.
Boron Joins the Rare Earths Club
Rare Earth elements are valuable because they have magnetic and optical properties which create technologies in components such as audio speakers, hard drives, camera lenses, MRI imaging, and monitors of all sorts. But there is a cost to mining them as post-mining purification processes create hazardous waste. Boron is a potential alternative, providing clean and superconductive, energy-efficient benefits while being cheaper and more environmentally friendly.
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GUIDE TO BORON
APPLICATIONS
The Fascinating World of Yonex and Boron: A Deep Dive into Cutting-Edge Technology
Elevate Your Game with Yonex Boron Rackets: Explore the Perfect Blend of Innovation and Performance
Boron Pharmaceutical Applications
Boron and Boric Acid is found in many pharmaceutical applications, including eye drops, bone development, osteoarthritis, treatment, muscle building, testosterone level increase, thinking skills, vaginal yeast infection. and strength improvement.
CHEMISTRY
Overview of Boron Phosphide
Boron Phosphide is a chemical compound of boron and phosphorus. It is a semiconductor with high thermal and chemical stability, useful in high-power applications. Van der Waals heterostructures (vdW) are promising structures for future optoelectronic devices. Recent studies on vdW heterostructures investigated the electronic and optical properties of boron phosphide heterostructures in the framework of density functional theory (DFT) and tight-binding (TB) approximations.
Lewis Dot Structure: An Overview
A Lewis dot structure visually represents an atom’s valence electrons which predicts the chemical behavior of atoms and molecules. But how to draw these structures?
RESEARCH
Ultimate Guide to Boron Markets
Learn more about well-researched forecasts for the various global boron markets.
Boron Fluoride
Boron and Fluorine have several forms, mono fluoride, boron trifluoride and diboron tetrafluoride. Boron monofluoride is often referred to as Boron fluoride. Boron trifluorid is a stable gas at low temperature. While diboron tetrafluoride boils at -34 degrees centigrade. Boron fluoride compounds have several applications in health and remediation technology and agricultural fields.
Lithium Miners To Watch In Upcoming Years
December closed out with a surge of momentum for the Lithium Miners where investors are looking forward to investing in these companies.
Ultimate Guide to Boron Markets
Learn more about well-researched forecasts for the various global boron markets.
BENEFITS
Boron a High end Fire Retardant
Boron is a chemical element that can act as an excellent fire retardant. It does not leave harmful residues, although high cost limits widespread consumer use.
Boron Household Cleaners
Boron Household Cleaners: Boron cleaning products have been used for multiple uses in the home for a long time. Borates are used to produce laundry detergents, household or industrial cleaners, and hand soaps, for cleaning metals, glass, sinks, bathtubs, toilets, floors, and machinery. The choice of borate depends on the type, composition, and quality of the final product.
MINING BORON & BORATES
MINING
American Pacific Borates (ABR) John Mitchell
n an ambitious move to drive its US listing process, the American Pacific Borates Limited (ASX:ABR) (“ABR” or the “Company”) has brought on board industrial minerals’-exponent John Mitchell as the chairman of its newly constituted Advisory Board. Tim Johnston and Govind Arora are the other appointees of the three-member Advisory Board.
Company Profile of American Pacific Borates
American Pacific Borates Limited (ABR) is focused on advancing its Fort Cady Borate Project located in Southern California. Fort Cady is a highly rare and large colemanite deposit and is the largest known contained traditional borate occurrence in the USA.
Rio Jadar Project – Insight Report (Borates and Boron)
Rio Jadar Lithium Borate (Boron) is a new project in Serbia that specializes in producing lithium borate crystals.
Junior Lithium Miners – Market Update
Today, we'll continue our look at a number of markets where boron and borax compounds are used, including the Boron Trifluoride Market, Potassium Fluoborate Market, the Tin Fluoborate Market, the Permanent Magnets Market, the Super Abrasives Market, the Cubic Boron Nitride Market, the Hexagonal Boron Nitride Market, the Lithium BIS Borate Market, and the Cubic Boron Nitrates Market.
INVEST IN BORON
American Pacific Borates (ABR) John Mitchell
n an ambitious move to drive its US listing process, the American Pacific Borates Limited (ASX:ABR) (“ABR” or the “Company”) has brought on board industrial minerals’-exponent John Mitchell as the chairman of its newly constituted Advisory Board. Tim Johnston and Govind Arora are the other appointees of the three-member Advisory Board.
Demand Surges for Boron from Battery Producers
The clean energy shift is happening, and it’s more than just an environmental movement. As more people turn to renewable sources of power, the demand for battery minerals is increasing exponentially worldwide. Boron, lithium, and graphite are essential minerals seeing increased share prices because of this trend.
ABR Boron Production 3x
According to a press release from ABR on November 16th, 2021, the company has announced 'ABR production triples' with a near tripling of production capability for the critical mineral boron at its Fort Cady operations in Southern California. Boron is becoming recognized as an essential mineral for use in multiple applications in decarbonization, advanced energy - batteries- and food security- as a micronutrient.
Introduction to Boron and Lithium
Many investors are aware that boron and lithium are two essential elements for use in Advanced Energy. What is the difference between the two minerals?
PLANET BORON
DECARBONIZATION
Podcast – Boron at Fukushima
In today's podcast, we’re going to look at the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011 and how Boron helps to contain the radiation and the potential spread of nuclear fallout.
Reduce Carbon Emissions with Boron Technologies
Boron is a critical raw material for many sectors such as solar cells, fiber optics, and semiconductor manufacturing. Boron production is also tied to other elements like lithium which are increasingly in demand.
ADVANCED ENERGY
Podcast – 5e Advanced Materials Announces Exciting Update
Today, we’re going to take a look at 5e Advanced Materials, the only permitted boron and lithium resource in the United States that recently updated the boron and lithium community with its strategic plan.
Hypersonic Flight Made Possible with Boron
What Is Hypersonic Flight? Hypersonic flight is a flight through the atmosphere below about 90 km at speeds ranging between Mach 5-10, a speed where dissociation of air begins to become significant and high heat loads exist. As an aircraft moves through the air,...
FOOD SECURITY
Boron and Borates Provide Stability for Food Security
Studies show that down-regulation of boron transporters can be readily understood as a natural adaptive mechanism for plants to optimize growth and function at different geographical locations with varying natural boron concentrations.
Boron Levels in Apple Orchards
Too much or too little Boron can be harmful when growing fruit. Apple farmers are using scientific approaches to get the right balance of Boron at acceptable levels for nutritious apples. Apples contain many health benefits. A medium apple contains 0.66 mg of Boron, fibre, vitamin C, and potassium.
MICRONUTRIENTS
Boron: The Micronutrient For Plants
Boron is a mineral of importance to plant growth and health; it is involved in processes like cell division, pollination, and seed production.
Boron’s Importance in Maintaining the Health of Coral Reefs
Boron is an essential element in our daily lives and crucial for a successful reef tank. It is necessary to ensure the health of corals and invertebrates.













