SUGAR LAND, TX — (Marketwire) — 03/19/13 — Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — As the Climax Molybdenum Mine in Colorado nears the one-year anniversary of its restarted operations, owner (NYSE:FCX) (Phoenix, Arizona) is looking at the continued soft global price environment for the metal. Nonetheless, the world-s largest producer has plans to continue expanding production while lowering production costs, in the hopes that prices will firm and profits w
Thanks to its good adhesion to glass and a high electrical conductivity, molybdenum is the back contact material in CIGS solar cells. However, exposed to corrosive atmospheres molybdenum can be prone to oxidation. In order to avoid negative effects during the manufacturing process and the solar module operation, PLANSEE has developed a material with improved corrosion resistance.
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