Europe’s plan to slash Russian fossil fuel imports and accelerate renewable energy production will test its ability to find the minerals, metals and other components that are needed for a dramatic shift to clean power. The plan, o…
Today, the praseodymium and neodymium products continued to rise slightly. Separation plants tended to hold the prices firm because of cost and supply shortage. As a result, metal plants' quotations also rose slightly. Downstream …
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…