Source:create digitalAs with many other natural resources, Australia is lucky with scandium. A collection of companies is developing mines in the country, including the world’s first scandium-only mine, owned by Scandium International, at Nyngan, New South Wales. They all hope to do what nobody else is doing: ensure a stable, reliable and affordable supply of the rare earth element.Asked why it interests him as a chemical engineer, John Carr, Executive General Manager Sales and Marketing at Clean TeQ, said, “Many people think that scandium is a fictional element, but it’s on the periodic table...
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Source:Ace NewzRare earth metals (REM) are the group of seventeen metallic elements that have distinctive luminescent, magnetic, and chemical properties, which makes it significant in varied high-technology industries, especially in low-carbon technologies. According to the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the REM or rare earth elements (REE) consists of Cerium (Ce), Dysprosium (Dy), Erbium (Er), Europium (Eu), Gadolinium (Gd), Holmium (Ho), Lanthanum (La), Lutetium (Lu), Neodymium (Nd), Praseodymium (Pr), Promethium (Pm), Samarium (Sm), Scandium (Sc), Terbium (Tb), T...
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Source:ASX listed Greenland Minerals now has a formal means for the Chinese processing of its rare earth concentrates from the massive Kvanefjeld project in southern Greenland, that also contains the radioactive elements uranium and thorium.This follows its largest shareholder Shenghe Resources Holding forming the China Nuclear Hua Sheng Mining joint venture with subsidiaries of China National Nuclear Corporation, or “CNNC”.Hua Sheng will be the designated agent for Shenghe for the import, export and trading of rare earth materials and products that carry radionuclides, which are common consti...
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Source：Vital chemical elements have been included on an “endangered list” because they are being thrown away in mobile phones at such a high rate.Scientists have warned some of the substances used to make phones are becoming increasingly scarce due to limited supplies, their location in conflict zones and the lack of recycling.To tackle this problem, they say people should avoid changing their phones every few years.Researchers have developed a periodic table highlighting the scarcity of Earth’s 90 naturally occurring elements, many of which are used in the production of devices like phones an...
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