source:SMALLCAPSResource Base (ASX: RBX) is gearing up to drill its wholly-owned Mitre Hill rare earth element (REE) project as planned next month.The company’s Mitre Hill project is strategically positioned within an emerging ionic clay REE precinct that spans Victoria and South Australia in the southern margin of the Murray Basin.Australian Rare Earths (ASX: AR3) holds neighbouring ground that is only 12km from one of the Mitre Hill licences.With Australian Rare Earths’ ongoing discoveries of ionic clay-hosted REE at its nearby tenements, Resource Base believes this style of mineralisation c...
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Scientists developing climate-friendly method to process ‘rare earth’ minerals; could make U.S. less reliant on foreign metals source:News wiseNewswise — CLEVELAND—A Case Western Reserve scientist is working on a more sustainable way to chemically transform so-called “rare earth” minerals into metals for renewable energy applications.If successful, the new process could one day help increase American production of the metals, which are now primarily imported from China. Rare earth metals are crucial for making not only wind turbines and electric cars, but also items like smartphones, comp...
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source:FreethinkThe United States’ reliance on China for rare earth elements could soon come to an end, thanks to a new process that pulls the valuable metals from the ash left over when we burn coal.Why it matters: The 17 rare earth elements aren’t actually rare — they’re all more common than gold, and one is more abundant than copper. But getting our hands on them is difficult because they’re widely dispersed in Earth’s crust and hard to extract through mining.That’s a problem because we need rare earth elements to make a lot of products, from smartphones and satellites to electric cars and ...
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source:The West AnstralianNorthern Minerals has been refining its heavy rare earths processing systems using a specialised pilot plant that could see the company become the world’s first serious heavy rare earth producer outside of China. Northern has an expanding dysprosium and terbium resource base at its flagship Browns Range project. Both products are critical in the manufacture of permanent magnets in an electric vehicle motor.Only 5 operating heavy rare earths processing facilities exist worldwide - and they are all in China. Northern is attempting to break the Chinese monopoly with its ...
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