Industry and government players hope for a lot more firsts as a North American rare earths processing industry begins to take shape in Saskatoon. Australia’s Vital Metals Inc. is in the process of building a $20 million facility i…
Recently, the People's Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region issued the “Notice on Printing and Distributing the Overall Plan for Mineral Resources of the Autonomous Region (2021-2025)” (hereinafter referred to as the “Pl…
What do corncobs and tomato peels have to do with electronics? They both can be used to salvage valuable rare earth elements, like neodymium, from electronic waste. Penn State researchers used micro- and nanoparticles created from…
SHANGHAI, Aug 19 (SMM) - Yesterday (August 18), Chen Kelong, director of the Raw Materials Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at the 14th China Baotou Rare Earth Industry Forum that ef…
In what's described as a key advancement for the development of systems to help propel humans into deep space, scientists have demonstrated a method of extracting oxygen from water in microgravity using magnets. The technology sha…
China imported a total of 44,827 mt of rare earth ores in first half of 2022, a decrease of 17% YoY. Among them, the imports of rare earth metal ore was 41,243 mt, a year-on-year increase of 15%; mixed rare earth carbonate 1,296 m…