For decades, the United States has depended almost entirely on foreign sources for its supply of rare earth ...

For years, the United States has depended on imports of rare earth elements, the critical materials found in everything from ...

Rare earth metals are making headlines as demand rises for products from smartphones to wind turbines, and as governments ...

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelennskyy are set to sign a framework for the U.S. and Ukraine to ...

Coal ash in the U.S. holds substantial rare earth elements, potentially reducing dependence on imports, with ongoing research and pilot projects working to make extraction economically viable. Coal ...

Kathleen Stebe, Richer & Elizabeth Goodwin Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), is tackling this ...

The main reason for the push is that the rare earth element (REE) supply chain is dominated by China, and it can use that control as leverage in geopolitics. "China dominates the mining and ...

The Nano Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), led by Dr. Tae-Hoon Kim and Dr. Jung ...

The driver is the expansion of industries where rare earth metals are a key material. Permanent magnets that require neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium are in urgent need for use in ...

Nasdaq-listed Ramaco Resource has secured a $6.1-million matching grant from the Wyoming Energy Authority. The funding, ...

Processing rare earths often involves the use of solvents, which can produce toxic waste that pollutes the soil, water, and atmosphere. More environmentally friendly technologies are being ...