Rare earth no more?
A new generation of automotive electric motor, eliminating the use of rare earths, is the target of a new partnership.
Miniaturised rare-earth laser created
A miniaturised erbium-based fibre laser that fits on a on a silicon-nitride photonic chip has been created by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne researchers.
Boosting UK rare-earth recycling
A research and development project into critical minerals recycling will receive £15mln of UK Government funding.
Thermoelectric devices without rare earths
Barium cobalt oxide films could potentially be deployed in high-temperature thermoelectric conversion devices in the next five years.
Occupational Health in Rare Earth Mining
A technical lecture from MinSouth
Norway discovers Europe’s largest rare-earth deposit
Norwegian mining company Rare Earths Norway have announced largest rare-earth elements deposit in continental Europe.
Reclaiming rare earth magnets from loudspeakers
The University of Birmingham, UK, has announced the successful completion of a project demonstrating that the rare earth magnets in loudspeakers can be successfully recycled.
£4mln funding available for rare-earth innovations
A share of up to £4mln is available from Innovate UK for collaborative R&D projects on circular critical materials supply chains.
Compost can salvage rare earth elements
Neodymium was captured from electronic waste using tomato peel, sweetcorn, wood pulp and cotton paper.
Application submitted for Humber rare earth site
Pensana Rare Earths has submitted the planning application for its rare earth oxide separation facility in the Humber, Yorkshire, UK.
Rare earth elements await in waste
A flash Joule heating developed at the Rice University, USA, could extract valuable rare earth elements (REE) from fly ash, bauxite residue, electronic waste.
Rare-earth elements recycled using cyanobacteria
Rare-earth elements (REE) have been recycled from aqueous solutions using cyanobacteria by scientists in Germany.
3D model guides rare-earth element exploration
A multidisciplinary European team has created a 3D model for exploring rare-earth element (REE) deposits.
Partnership targets rare-earths in Greenland
GreenMet, Tanbreez and Critical Metals Corp hope to source more critical minerals for the Western world.
Humber selected for rare earth processing site
Saltend Chemicals Park, Humber, has been selected as the proposed site for Pensana Rare Earths’ UK processing facility.
Rare earths – challenging China’s market dominance
Michael Schwartz profiles three companies looking to compete with China’s rare earth element monopoly.
Engineering bacteria to extract rare earths
Scientists from Cornell University, USA, are engineering bacteria to extract rare earth elements (REE) – a process that they believe could replace the thermochemical methods currently in use.
AUS$840mln for rare-earth mine in Australia
The Australian Government will provide AUS$840mln to set up the combined site operated by mineral exploration company Arafura.
REE-L value from rare-earth elements recycling
Enzo Satkuru-Granzella, Analyst at Mkango Resources Limited, and Abeshaa Mahendran, Metallurgist at HyProMag, review a novel, rare-earth elements recycling technique using hydrogen.
Europe’s largest deposit of rare-earth metals found
LKAB has identified mineral resources exceeding 1Mt of rare-earth oxides in Kiruna, Sweden