Electrokinetic mining allows for green, efficient recovery of REEs

Chinese researchers developed the electrokinetic mining technique for the green and efficient recovery of REEs from weathering crusts.

Staff Writer | November 27, 2022 | 6:30 am

Australia to become ‘more assertive’ on foreign investment in critical minerals

Federal investment has already flowed into Iluka Resources' rare earths processing plant in central Australia.

Reuters | November 24, 2022 | 4:49 pm

How the state of Wyoming could supply the US with rare earth elements

Industry innovators are tapping coal and its waste streams to extract rare earths, 17 essential elements to realizing an electrified economy.

Amanda Stutt | November 18, 2022 | 1:51 pm

Defense Metals drills 221 metres of 2.14% TREO, including 3.52% at Wicheeda in British Columbia

The company has drilled over 5,500 metres in 18 holes this year as part of the Wicheeda resource delineation and pit geotechnical program.

Staff Writer | November 15, 2022 | 12:43 pm

Bosch taps IBM quantum computers in hunt for new EV materials

Robert Bosch plans to use more than twenty of IBM’s quantum computers to help identify alternatives to the metals and rare earth elements currently used in EVs.

Bloomberg News | November 9, 2022 | 8:05 am

Green energy transition, structural changes to sustain much higher rare earth prices

New report says China now imports half its heavy rare earths while demand from EVs, renewable energy is absorbing higher prices.

Staff Writer | October 31, 2022 | 2:26 pm

Breaking China’s grip on rare earths markets a ‘pipe dream,’ Australia says

“That’s a country that has seen this need coming and made the most of it,” Resources Minister Madeleine King told Bloomberg News in an interview.

Bloomberg News | October 31, 2022 | 12:53 pm

Japan looks 6,000 meters under the sea for rare earths to counter China

The government intends to start developing the methods necessary to extract the elements near the Ogasawara islands, according to the Yomiuri newspaper.

Bloomberg News | October 31, 2022 | 7:48 am

Researchers find possible replacement for rare earth in magnets

It could be possible to produce tetrataenite, an iron-nickel alloy, at scale by adding the common element phosphorous, researchers found.

Bloomberg News | October 24, 2022 | 5:21 pm

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