Clean energy can be a dirty business, especially when extracting the minerals that are vital to building green technologies like electric cars. But a Woburn startup called Phoenix Tailings says it has developed a pollution-free wa…
There’s something afoot on the rare earths front in China. Specifically, the country recently decided that it wants to tighten its export control laws. The regulation passed about two years ago to stop importing countries from div…
Grade 42M commercial magnet performance (see graph) can be achieved with ~30% less neodymium than before, according to the Korea Institute of Materials Science. More of the less costly rare-earth cerium is the answer, but performi…
LONDON – Schaeffler said it has signed an agreement to ensure the supply of rare earth magnets from Europe for its electric-vehicle motor business. It is the first reported agreement by a European auto sector supplier or automaker…
Through a long-term agreement with General Motors, MP Materials is bringing its MP Magnets division to AllianceTexas and today began building a new, 200,000-square-foot rare earth magnetics and materials manufacturing facility. Th…
Canada Rare Earth Corp (TSX-V:LL). revealed that it has participated in a public forum meeting with Marcos Rocha, governor of the northern Brazilian state of Rondônia, and his cabinet to discuss the company's plans for developing …