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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source：Argus MediaThe Chinese government will remove a 25pc tariff on US imports of rare earth metal ores from 19 May.Tariffs on US imports of polycrystalline silicon, nickel alloys and titanium pipes will also be removed. The changes will be in place for a year until 18 May 2021.The cancellation of import tariffs on these US imports is expected to ease financial pressure on and reduce production costs for most rare earth separation and processing plants in China. It is also expected to prompt Chinese importers to increase rare earth ore purchases from the US.China has maintained its 25pc impo...
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Search Minerals Acknowledges Junior Exploration Assistance From Government of Newfoundland and Labradorsource：GlobeNewswireSearch Minerals Inc. (“Search” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SMY), is pleased to acknowledge receipt of a grant of $57,600.62 from the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador towards exploration work completed in 2019 on the Company’s Critical Rare Earth Element (CREE) claims located near the communities of St. Lewis and Port Hope Simpson in Southeastern Labrador.Greg Andrews, President and CEO of Search Minerals states, “Search is very appreciative of the Junior Exploration Assi...
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source：Laramie BoomerangWyoming’s current coal market decline coincides with a sudden national awareness of the serious shortage of certain critical materials, including several with deposits located in the state.With residents and lawmakers scrambling for new economic avenues, could Wyoming be the nation’s new go-to source for rare earth elements that now come mainly from China?Last week, U.S. Sens. Mike Enzi and John Barasso sent letters to the Secretaries of Defense and Interior urging the Department of the Interior “to support the full range of domestic rare earths supply chain development...
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