source：Global Mining ReviewPensana Rare Earths Plc has provided an update on exploration activity in progress at its new Coola Project adjacent to its advanced stage Longonjo NdPr (the magnet metal rare earths neodymium and praseodymium) Project in Angola.Initial field programmes have commenced to test defined targets prospective for a range of high technology critical commodities including heavy rare earths (HREE), light rare earths (LREE), scandium, niobium, tantalum, hafnium and fluorspar. These commodities are listed as critical by the European Commission and would complement future produc...
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source：Cornell ChronicleA U.S. Department of Energy agency has awarded $1 million to Cornell researchers, who are using programmed microbes to mine rare-earth minerals used in consumer electronics and advanced renewable energy.This Cornell project develops the concept of biologically – and sustainably – mining rare-earth elements in the U.S.“Biology offers an alternative to the environmentally disgusting way that we now mine and purify rare-earth elements,” said principal investigator Buz Barstow, assistant professor of biological and environmental engineering in the College of Agriculture and...
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source：Nikkei Asian ReviewBEIJING -- China's top legislature on Saturday passed a law on export control, allowing the government to ban exports of strategic materials and advanced technology to specific foreign companies on its equivalent of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Entity List.'China may take countermeasures against any country or region that abuses export-control measures and poses a threat to China's national security and interests, according to the law,' the official Xinhua News Agency reported.The inclusion of the phrase 'and interests' suggests that t...
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source：Globe Mining ReviewPensana Rare Earths Plc has appointed the Wood Group to undertake a study into the establishment of an integrated rare earth processing facility in the UK (the Wood Group Study) with a view to creating the world’s first sustainable magnet metal supply chain.Having progressed the design of the Longonjo project to include the production of a mixed rare earth carbonate, Pensana now has a unique opportunity to explore the potential for it to make one further step downstream and to create additional value by establishing a rare earth oxide production facility in the UK.By ...
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