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Australian Mining reported that at the Sydney Resources Round-up Warick Grigor, chairman of Far East Capital, said that the long-term future of the resource space lies in “the disruptive potential of nanotechnology, particularly in the case of the nanomaterial graphene.”
Australian Mining reported that at the Sydney Resources Round-up Warick Grigor, chairman of Far East Capital, said that the long-term future of the resource space lies in “the disruptive potential of nanotechnology, particularly in the case of the nanomaterial graphene.”
As quoted in the market news:
‘Graphene presents us with a generational change in techology, taking the field of nanoscience one step further.
‘Nanoscience has given us the ability to identify and seperate the materials which can be combined with other materials for performance levels not otherwise thought possible.’
With a barrage of examples of the uses and patented inventions made possible by graphene, Grigor explained that the supermaterial had the distruptive potential to affect demand for other mined commodities.
Graphene can be added to exisiting materials and products to enhance their function and performance, and reduce the quantites required in production; such as when graphene is added to copper it can increase conductivity and reduce the material need for the tradtional commodity by up to 80 per cent.