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EU-backed investors plan 500-mln-euro battery raw materials fund
Two of Europe's leading energy transition investors plan to raise 500 million euros ($544.55 million) for a battery raw materials fund, aiming to plug "significant gaps" in the region's supply chain, executives told Reuters.
Diamonds aren’t forever! Something harder, brighter, more brilliant has come along!
Forget diamonds, scientists have designed a new type of hard stone that is harder and brighter than naturally formed diamonds. In the third phase of development, Q-carbon is a distinct form of carbon, with properties distinct from graphite and diamonds. The only place where these stones can be found naturally are at the cores of some other planets – or, earth scientists’ laboratories!