Electric vehicles (EVs): EV motors rely on high-performance magnets to work properly. Manufacturers use the REEs dysprosium and neodymium to produce these magnets for high efficiency and heat resistance. Wind turbines: In the ener…
This is Western Australia mining territory. Buried in this vast terrain is a massive pit, full of what looks like mounds of worthless dirt. But appearances can be deceiving: this pit is home to a million-tonne stockpile containing…
The State Property Fund has announced an auction for the sale of the state-owned stake in the Titanium Institute with an initial price of ₴99.77M ($2.4M). The auction will be held on August 12. The Titanium Institute is the only c…
For almost 80 years rare earth metals have been pumped out of this industrial plant in La Rochelle on France's west coast. But as the materials become more and more crucial to the global economy, chemicals firm Solvay is expanding…
WASHINGTON/BANGKOK, July 28 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has heard competing proposals that would significantly alter longstanding U.S. policy toward Myanmar, with the aim of diverting its vast supplies of rare earth miner…
Newly discovered deposits of the rare earth metals tantalum and niobium in Tajikistan could reshape the country’s mining sector and economic future, according to the Tajik Geological Survey. Strategic Discoveries in the Rasht Vall…