Vanadium

Vanadium: Awaiting energizing

Specialty metals suffer, in many cases, from being either combined with other metals in small quantities to gain relevance or have stand-alone usages that seem obscure or humdrum. In the case of vanadium the market is large but the sources are many, with recycling (the miner’s worst enemy) being a major source.

American Vanadium licenses Vanadium Electrolyte intellectual property from Battelle

American Vanadium Corp. (AVC – TSX Venture), ("American Vanadium" or the "Company")announces it has signed a licensing agreement with Battelle for use of a mixed acid electrolyte technology developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ("PNNL") that increases the energy density and operating temperature range of vanadium redox flow batteries. Additionally, as part of a separate agreement, PNNL will independently evaluate the development of American Vanadium's electrolyte, to be produced from its Gibellini Project in Nevada.

Energizer Resources’ discovery of graphite and vanadium: agreement with DRA Mineral Projects to develop Green Giant in Madagascar

With confirmation of the discovery of two strategic minerals, vanadium and graphite, Energizer Resources says it "is now well positioned to move forward to mine development"

Crosshair Completes 2011 Drilling Program In the Central Mineral Belt (CMB), Labrador

Crosshair Energy Corporation (TSX:CXX)(NYSE Amex:CXZ) is pleased to announce the successful completion of its 2011 drill program on the CMB Uranium/Vanadium Project located in central Labrador, Canada.

Largo Resources awaiting final confirmation of commitment from commercial banks for US$150 million financing for the Maracas vanadium project, Bahia, Brazil

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Nov. 9, 2011) – Largo Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:LGO) ("Largo" or the "Company") announced today that it is expecting to receive final commitment from a consortium of commercial banks for a guaranty of its …

Sino Vanadium execs give minorities a 180% premium as farewell present

Top management and eight shareholders who control 73.9% of the outstanding shares of TSX-Venture listed Sino Vanadium on Friday announced that they are taking the tiny firm private. The company first listed in June 2009.

The share tripled on Friday to 21c and 108,200 shares changed hands compared to the usual 1,000. The company is offering 27c to shareholders who turn in their shares over the next month, so some investors appear to be cashing in early. Sino Vanadium owns 100% of a project in China's Shaanxi Province in the feasibility stage which it says could produce 14% of world vanadium supply.

Jonathan Lee: Graphite and vanadium to benefit from battery market growth

Graphite and vanadium may be relatively obscure materials, but these commodities could get a jolt from developing battery technology.

Jonathan Lee: Graphite and Vanadium to benefit from battery market growth

Graphite and vanadium may be relatively obscure materials, but these commodities could get a jolt from developing battery technology.

Manitoba's Gossan Resources investing in Greece, undertaking private placement

Gossan Resources Limited (TSX VENTURE:GSS)(FRANKFURT/FREIVERKEHR & XETRA:WKN 904435) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with East Mining Company SA ("EMC") of Athens, Greece, to investigate and examine the possibilities of acquiring mineral projects within Europe, on a non-exclusive basis, and initially to assess three potential projects in Greece. Additional projects may be pursued.

Can electric vehicles drive vanadium demand?

Solar and wind can't produce power when there is no sun or turbulence in the air. That is why energy storage will be vital for offsetting and balancing use of traditional baseload power sources during peak and off-peak periods.

Maiden iron and high grade vandium resource announced for WA Canegrass project owned by SA's Flinders Mines

Significant high grade vanadium Inferred Mineral Resource – 107Mt @ 0.62% V2O5, +0.5% cut-off Extensive upside potential – only 5% of prospective stratigraphy contained within current vanadium resource Iron Inferred Mineral Resource of 216Mt @ 25.4% Fe,

Denison Mines downgrades 2011 uranium, vanadium sales projections

Mineweb reports on Denison Mines' (TSE:DML,AMEX:DNN) downgrading 2011 uranium sales projections.

Energy Fuels acquires additional uranium and vanadium property in Utah

The Crain property resource block is accessible through historic mine workings on Energy Fuels’ Calliham property acquired earlier this year. Engineering studies are currently underway to rehabilitate and develop the resources in this district.

Vanadium batteries for sustainable energy

As demand for renewable energy sources grows, so will the need to store that energy. Because both wind and solar power do not provide a consistent flow of electricity, technology like the vanadium redox battery (VRB) is gaining the attention of commercial operations as well as governments, projecting a push in future demand for the mineral.

Crosshair commences drilling in the Central Mineral Belt, Labrador

Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp. (CXX – TSX, CXZ – NYSE – Amex) said this week that drilling has commenced at both the CMB Uranium/Vanadium Project and the CMB Joint Venture ("CMB JV") Uranium Project located in central Labrador, Canada.  …

Vanadium: A metal preparing for launch

Solar Panel Installation Store writes on the potential for vanadium to be a key component in green energy solutions. In the case of electric cars, vanadium is being combined with lithium to act as a “supercharger” that increases the battery’s energy density and, hence, the distance a car can travel.

Increase to Previously Announced Private Placement: American Vanadium Corp.

American Vanadium Corp. (CVE:AVC) reports the non-brokered private placement has been increased to 2,334,667 units for total proceeds of $3,502,000.50.

Capital Mining drilling detects uranium and vanadium at Mundaerno South Project

Capital Mining (ASX:CMY) announced that initial drilling at the Mundaerno South project in South Australia has indicated uranium and vanadium mineralization.

The press release is quoted as saying:

Capital Mining said the drilling has provided valuable new information about the geology and prospectivity of the area, which puts follow up exploration on a sound footing.

Goldrea Enters Into an Agreement to Purchase Wigwam Magnetite Prospect

Larry W. Reaugh, President & C.E.O. of Goldrea Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:GOR)(PINK SHEETS:GORAF)(FRANKFURT:GOJ) ("Goldrea" or the "Company") is pleased to report the company has entered into an agreement to purchase 100% (subject to a 2% NSR) of the WigWam Magnetite, Iron, Titanium, Vanadium and Silver Project (1237 hectares/3056.8 Acres), located at WigWam Bay, 8 Kilometers southwest of the head of Seymour Inlet, British Columbia from John Thom Shearer of Coquitlam, B.C.

International patent application filed for TIVAN hydrometallurgical process for V, Ti and Fe

An International Patent Application has been filed for the revolutionary new hydrometallurgical process developed for TNG’s 100%-owned Mount Peake iron-vanadium project in the Northern Territory, Australia. The newly-named TIVANTM Process was jointly developed last year in conjunction with TNG’s metallurgical consultants, Mineral Engineering Technical Services (METS). For the first time using hydrometallurgy, the TIVAN process has successfully extracted commercial grades of vanadium, titanium and iron from the Mount Peake deposit, which is hosted by a similar rock type (magnetite-gabbro) to that which hosts most known vanadium deposits worldwide.

American Vanadium: Critical to U.S. industry

Heightened global demand for vanadium, especially from China, is prompting the global steel industry to aggressively seek out new supplies, especially in the U.S. where this 21st century metal is becoming increasingly indispensible. Even U.S. President Obama is championing this metal’s promise for green energy applications.

Chris Berry: investment opportunities emerge in the Americas

From Quebec, Canada to Sonora, Mexico, House Mountain Partners Founder Chris Berry constantly uncovers new opportunities in the Americas. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Chris outlines the geopolitical changes that are driving renewed interest in areas considered too risky or not profitable enough in the past.

Largo announces plans for $110 million equity financing

Largo Resources Ltd. ("Largo" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:LGO) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a letter of intent (the "Letter of Intent") with Eton Park Capital Management, L.P. on behalf of one or more funds managed …

Denison Mines reports $14.2mn loss for 2010

Denison Mines reported 1,442,000 pounds of uranium oxide and 2,347,000 pounds of vanadium blackflake last year.

The company had originally forecast 1.6 million pounds U3O8 and 2.8 million pounds of vanadium production for 2010.

Production for the fourth-quarter totaled 234,000 pounds of uranium oxide and 391,000 pounds of vanadium.

Obama backs vanadium-fuelled renewable energy

US President Barak Obama's recent enthusiasm for powerful vanadium-reliant fuel cells is merely the latest in a buzz around the metal that is likely to get louder.