source：renewsbizAberdeenshire-based SEM and researchers from the University of Edinburgh are developing a technique for extracting rare elements from waste alloy metals including decommissioned wind turbines. When combined with steel, rare metals such as niobium, tantalum and rhenium are critical for the strength and stability of high-impact machinery.However, they are typically mined overseas using methods harmful to the environment.Funded by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), the project aims to recover the rare metals at the end of machinery’s lifecycle – includin...
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source:Exploration Europe Rare EarthEuropean Green Metals announced Monday that it has acquired the 71 sqkm Olserum 22 licence area around its Olserum rare earth element (REE) project, significantly expanding its land position in southern Sweden.The company acquired Olserum in July, which was designated by the Swedish Geological Survey as a ‘project of national interest’. It has a historical resource and proven metallurgy and recoveries, and is a key focus in the company’s strategy to build a portfolio of advanced critical minerals projects in Europe to supply the continents energy transition ...
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source:BrusselstimesBelgium is a European leader in recycling, one of the few nations to meet recycling targets set out by the EU. Other than household and commercial waste, Belgian recycling plants are now helping to reduce Europe’s dependence on foreign minerals.Rare earth metals, commonly used in the production of high-tech goods, are desperately needed for the European economy. China has a monopoly on the supply of these metals, producing up to 97% of the world's supply.In July, China placed export restrictions on gallium and germanium metals, which are indispensable for the production...
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source:miningweeklyInitial mine development work on the Brook rare earths mine, in Wyoming, will start in the fourth quarter, Nasdaq-listed coal miner Ramaco Resources announced on Monday.This will be the first new rare earths mine in the US since the Mountain Pass mine in California in 1952. Currently, Mountain Pass is the US’s only operating mine for these critical elements and minerals.Besides large percentages of magnetic rare-earth oxides (REOs), there is also a possibility that the Brook deposit may contain meaningful amounts of gallium and germanium – two critical minerals that are wide...
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