Environmentalists criticized Malaysia on Wednesday for extending the operating license of an Australian mining firm, which allows it to import rare earth metals containing radioactive material until March 2026. Rare earths are a c…
IT researchers show how topology can help create magnetism at higher temperatures. Researchers who have been working for years to understand electron arrangement, or topology, and magnetism in certain semimetals have been frustrat…
The Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI Hub), a US Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the US Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory and supported by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Advanc…
In September 2023, domestic Pr-Nd alloy production stood at 5,400 mt, a month-on-month increase of 3%. The output growth in Zhejiang and Sichuan was relatively prominent, while that in other regions was basically unchanged from Au…
Scientists in China have unearthed a never-before-seen type of ore that contains a rare earth element sought after for its superconductive properties. The ore, dubbed niobobaotite, is made of niobium, barium, titanium, iron and ch…
Tens of millions of people — more than live in the entire state of Florida — are now exposed to toxic water runoff from metal mining, a new study has found. The report lays bare the devastating impacts that can follow a reckless t…