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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Miner Ends Quest for Gold to Unearth Strongest Material in World

Mark Thompson dumped his plans for a gold mine to pursue a fortune in graphite, the same stuff used in pencils for centuries.

But he isn’t so interested in old-school writing instruments. Thompson’s Talga Resources Ltd. plans to convert high-grade graphite from Sweden into a material called #graphene, which is stronger than steel, conducts electricity better than copper and is so light and flexible that companies like #Samsung Electronics Co. are using it to develop new devices.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-30/miner-ends-quest-for-gold-to-unearth-strongest-material-in-world

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