source:Eos.science News Rare earth elements (REEs) are vital components of everyday life, found in electronics from laptops to solar panels. The United States currently sources most of its rare earth elements from mines controlled by China, but concerns over China’s dominance in the market—and the environmental costs of mining—have spurred the U.S. Department of Energy to invest millions of dollars in research into alternative sourcing options.In a new study published in Science Advances, researchers at Rice University presented one promising alternative to mining. They developed a method...
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source:Mining Review AfricaMkango Resources is collaborating with B&W Group, EMR, GKN Automotive, HyProMag, Jaguar Land Rover and UoB in a £3.4 million magnet recycling project, SCREAM, of which £2.4 million or 71% will be funded by Driving the Electric Revolution, an Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund challenge delivered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).The budget for Mkango UK’s chemical processing pilot plant programme, to be developed as part of the Project, is £1.1 million, of which £0.8 million or 70% will be funded by UKRI.Mkango UK was established by Mkango ...
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source:SPACE DAILYQuantum information will revolutionize not only research and industry, but also our everyday life. Among others, it promises enormous progress in the simulation of materials and processes, which will push the development of new medical substances, the improvement of batteries, transport planning, and secure information and communication. A quantum bit (qubit) can assume many different states between 0 and 1 at the same time. This so-called quantum superposition enables massively parallel processing of data.As a result, computing capacity of quantum computers will increase exp...
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source: The West AustralianChina has long held a strategic stranglehold on the production of rare earth elements across the globe. The United States Geological Survey says China has produced an incredible 87 per cent of the world’s total rare earths to-date. With such a fierce grip on the emerging market, the West and the rest are left with growing concerns about the security of key supply chains that could leave entire industries integral to the lofty goal of net-zero emissions at the mercy of international geopolitics.Rare earths are essential to components used in a broad range of technolog...
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