Economics

Technology | Economics

The Lighter Side of Repurposing Materials

Or: Fortune Awaits the Person Who Can Figure This One Thing Out! Like everyone else, my household produces both recyclable and non-recyclable waste.

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Operations | Economics

Using More Repurposed Materials is Inevitable – And It’s a Good Thing

It doesn’t matter where you get your information, the news is full of stories that describe shortages of just about everything.

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Technology | Economics

Mining From Brine - Sourcing Critical Minerals to Meet Growing Demand

“Water, Water Everywhere Nor Any Drop To Drink” At IntoCeramics, we spend a lot of time thinking about materials – most of them solid minerals.

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Manufacturing | Technology | Economics

The Rise and Fall of Pozzolans - Learning from Ancient Builders

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason (1905)

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Analysis | Economics

Putting Rare in Context - The Relative Abundance of Critical Materials

With the rapid acceleration in demand for raw materials used in the manufacture of batteries, motors, and other climate-tech enablers, the term “rare ...

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Leadership | Economics

Geopolitics and Alternative Energy Adoption – Can We Learn from Success?

“History informs us of past mistakes from which we can learn without repeating them. It also inspires us and gives confidence and hope bred of victori...

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Manufacturing | Leadership | Economics

CO2 Generation Is Not Just From Burning Fossil Fuels

The IntoCeramics team participated in the IMFORMED Minerals Rendezvous online forum held on April 14th. This post is the second in a series devoted to...

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Operations | Leadership | Economics

A World of Climate Change and Electrification Will Depend on Minerals

The IntoCeramics team participated in the IMFORMED Minerals Rendezvous online forum held on April 14th.

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Manufacturing | Economics

How Ceramic Processing Can Help Sequester Hazardous Materials

One of the best things about being a ceramic engineer is that we need only a passing knowledge of organic chemistry. And that’s good because organic c...

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Operations | Leadership | Economics

Nine Ways to Extract a Positive Financial Gain from Mineral Waste

If you’re a regular reader of the IntoCeramics’ blog, you’ll be very familiar with our tag line: Turn your mineral-bearing waste stream into value-gen...

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