Source:Phys.OrgFrom computer hard discs and smart phones to earbuds and electric motors, magnets are at the forefront of today's technology. Magnets containing rare-earth elements are among the most powerful available, allowing many everyday objects to be ever smaller. But rare-earth elements can be difficult to obtain, given either their scarcity or the challenging geopolitical climates of some of the nations where they are mined. Now, scientists have identified magnets based on more readily obtainable rare earths, as well as some promising magnets that don't contain these materials a...
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Source:Popular MechanicsArafura Resources Ltd (ASX:ARU) continues to progress towards finalising offtake agreements for rare earths from its 100%-owned Nolans Neodymium-Praseodymium (NdPr) Project in the Northern Territory.Notably, the release of the definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the project in February 2019 has been a catalyst for engagement with potential offtake and financing partners.Negotiations during February and March centred on product offtake have been a key focus for the company’s executive team in support of efforts to secure finance for the project.Arafura is targeting cu...
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Source：Science MagazineKUANTAN, MALAYSIA—Companies and governments around the world are anxiously watching the fate of a sprawling industrial facility 30 kilometers north of this city on the east coast of peninsular Malaysia.The 100-hectare Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) produces 10% of the world’s output of rare earth oxides (REOs), minerals needed in technologies including mobile phones, hard drives, fiber optic cables, surgical lasers, and cruise missiles. Lynas, an Australian company, imports concentrated ores from mines on Mount Weld in Australia and refines them here in Malaysia, ...
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Source:RU Daily TargumA research team at Rutgers offered findings on a new source of rare earth elements, as well as how to extract them.The term “rare earth element” (REE) refers to a series of chemical elements called lanthanides, which encompass a row in the periodic table. Though they are not actually rare, they are considered so because they do not occur often in concentrated deposits, said Paul Antonick, a graduate student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. “This makes extracting them difficult, because there is a small amount of them dispersed over large areas,...
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