Source：Nanowerk(Nanowerk Spotlight) Despite their name, rare earth elements, which are all metals, actually are not that rare. But while they aren't necessarily tricky to find, the elements often occur together and are extremely difficult to separate and extract.Abundant in mines around the world, rare earth elements are a group of chemical elements that occur together in the periodic table. The group consists of yttrium and the 15 lanthanide elements (lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytte...
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Source:JSTOR DailyRenewable power technologies such as wind and solar are becoming economically competitive with fossil fuels. As ecological need and economic reality converge, renewables are going to make up an increasingly large percentage of the world’s power supply. It’s a necessary technological transition. But at the same time, renewables have a downside that needs to be addressed: rare earth elements.According to environmental attorney Christopher “Smitty” Smith, rare earth elements are used in virtually all electronics. This includes solar panels, which require rare earth metals such a...
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Source:E-Scrap NewsA major OEM, a reverse logistics firm and a hard drive manufacturer are recovering rare earth magnets from end-of-life hard drives and shipping the metals for new hard drive production.Dell is working with hard drive manufacturer Seagate and ITAD firm Teleplan on a pilot project that is feeding recovered magnets into thousands of new hard drives. The companies announced the early results of the project last month.“In the initial pilot program, Dell Technologies will use the reformed magnets in 25,000 Seagate hard drives for their Latitude 5000 series laptop,” which will begi...
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Source:Investing News NetworkLocated in Western Australia, Northern’s flagship Browns Range rare earths project is currently being assessed via pilot plant for both technical and economic feasibility.To date, the pilot plant, which has been in operation since late 2018, has produced a total of 28,068 kilograms of rare earth carbonate.Northern has completed a maiden mineral resource for the Dazzler deposit, which is located within the Browns Range property. Testing at Dazzler estimates that the deposit’s grade is three times the average of the rest of Browns Range.The recently announced reverse...
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