source：ENVIRONMENTEarly one morning, as light danced through the forest canopy above, Fedrick Eshiloni reached into the ground and scooped up fists of ochre-colored earth.The scenery hardly resembled a hub of innovation: In this wooded stretch of Zambia’s northwest, home to reedy swamps and termite mounds the size of houses, locals still move goods by oxcart. But the 22-year-old, dressed in a blue workman’s uniform and accompanied by a team of prospectors, was performing a critical first step in an emerging high-tech quest to find the metals key to powering a clean energy future.After a day co...
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source:MINING WEEKLYaim-listed Rainbow Rare Earths says it is well-positioned to meet the anticipated future demand for rare earths, owing to its Phalaborwa project, which is in development in South Africa, especially given its high-grade, low-cost nature and use of processing technology.“Rainbow has the near-term opportunity to develop an independent, western rare earths supply chain and become a significant, responsible producer of neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr), with regulatory oversight,” the company acclaims.This growing demand is posited to come from the resolution that follows the di...
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source:NewswiseNewswise — A new technology for rare-earth elements chemical separation has been licensed to Marshallton Research Laboratories, a North Carolina-based manufacturer of organic chemicals for a range of industries.Developed by scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory in the Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Institute, or CMI, the technology provides insight into how to cost-effectively separate in-demand rare-earth elements, which could dramatically shift industry to benefit producers in the United States.The unique electronic properties o...
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source：EXAMINERA company hoping to mine rare earth elements in Tasmania has reported finding its highest grades yet.Australian Bauxite Limited said it had found its highest grade of neodymium at its Deep Leads discovery, roughly half-way between Devonport and Launceston.It told the ASX it was awaiting results from 20 more recent drill holes that could 'materially expand' the extent of known mineralisation.'ABx's REE mineralisation is enriched in the super-magnetic rare earth elements neodymium, praseodymium, terbium and dysprosium, which are strategically important, high-priced...
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