source：DefenseNews.com-WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon has proposed legislation that aims to end reliance on China for rare earth minerals critical to the manufacturing of missiles and munitions, hypersonic weapons and radiation hardened electronics, by making targeted investments.The proposed legislation would raise spending caps under the Defense Production Act to enable government to spend up to $1.75 billion on rare earth elements in munitions and missiles and $350 million for microelectronics. It would also eliminate caps when it comes to hypersonic weapons.The proposal, obtained by Defense New...
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source：Small CapsSultan Resources (ASX: SLZ) is all set to ramp up exploration on newly acquired ground in the Lachlan Fold Belt in central NSW, a region that has been described as “the hottest mining address in Australia” and “Australia’s premier exploration region”.Enthusiasm for the Lachlan belt has been building, slowly at first, after Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) started production at its Cadia copper-gold mine in 1998 (and which in 2019 was producing gold at an all-in sustaining cost of $132/oz.)But it was the discovery last year by Alkane Resources (ASX: ALK) that turned excitement into t...
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source：StockhouseAdvanced mineral exploration Company Defense Metals Corp. (TSX-V: DEFN, OTCQB: DFMTF, Forum) released an updated and increased mineral resource estimate (MRE) for Its 1,708 hectare (4,220 acre) Wicheeda Rare Earth Element Carbonatite Deposit on Thursday. Located near Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, the project reported a 49% increase in overall tonnage of updated Wicheeda REE Project MRE based on the results of 2019 diamond drilling of 13 holes totaling 2,005 metres and a 30% increase in overall average grade, in part though the incorporation of potentially economical...
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source：Powder Metallurgy Review magazineNien-Hwa Linda Wang, the Maxine Spencer Nichols Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, and colleagues have developed and patented a technology that has successfully shown to separate rare earth metals without the environmental effects of conventional acid-based methods, reports AZoM.The technology, which offers high yield and purity, was discussed in an article published in the Royal Society of Chemistry publication Green Chemistry.“About 60% of rare earth metals are used in magnets that are needed in almost...
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