Source:Atlanta Journal ConstitutionA deposit of ancient beach sand in southeast Georgia is yielding minerals containing exotic-sounding elements that the U.S. government covets. Still to be fully worked out: Are they trash or treasure?For Milton Sundbeck it’s leaning toward the latter.In the last year, an operation Sundbeck owns in Charlton County near the Okefenokee Swamp quietly became one of apparently only two spots in the U.S. currently producing and selling minerals containing rare-earth elements. His first shipment headed to China last summer.For now, it’s only a sideline business, a bi...
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Source:Proactive Investors AustraliaWhat does Alkane Resources do?Alkane Resources Ltd (ASX:ALK) (FRA:AK7) (OTCMKTS:ALKEF) (OTCMKTS:ANLKY) specialises in gold production and multi-commodity project exploration and development, including rare earths, in Australia.It is run by managing director Nic Earner, a chemical engineer with more than 20 years experience in technical and operational optimisation work and management.Earner boasts an operations manager posting at what is now Aeris Resources Ltd (ASX:AIS) on his CV and he was a manager at big miner Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) (LON:RIO) (NYSE:...
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Source:The Lane ReportA University of Kentucky-led research team is operating a pilot-scale processing plant in Webster County that may hold the key to mining rare components of common electronics in the heart of coal country.Rick Honaker, a professor of mining engineering at the University of Kentucky, has been working with U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) officials to examine the feasibility of extracting rare earth elements (REE) from coal and coal byproducts. REEs are a group of 17 elements found in the earth’s crust and are used in manufacturing high-tech products such as electric cars, re...
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Source:As per a Gazette notification by the Union Ministry of Mines dated February 20, 2019, the Centre has changed the rules that earlier allowed private companies to mine rare earth minerals found in the beach sands.The Government has amended rules that had allowed private companies to mine rare earth minerals found in the sands along India’s coastline.This comes just weeks after the government move to canalise exports of beach sand minerals through public sector firm Indian Rare Earths Ltd, which restricted the operations of private sector miners of beach sand minerals such as garnet, leuco...
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