Japan has launched the world’s first large-scale experimental trial to extract rare earth elements (REEs) from the deep-sea floor. The mission presents a landmark effort to secure a domestic supply of ...

Rainbow Rare Earths says its operation at Phalaborwa will be the first commercial recovery of rare earth elements from phosphogypsum, a waste product from phosphoric acid production. Rare earth oxides ...

Japan has launched the world’s first test to extract rare earth elements from deep-sea mud, aiming to reduce its reliance on Chinese supplies amid rising geopolitical and trade tensions. Chikyu, a ...

IBJ photo/Chad Williams Israel Gomez, plant manager at ReElement’s Noblesville facility, shows how the company processes elements like lithium, germanium, gadolinium, antimony and yttrium for reuse ...

BEIJING, Dec 4 (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it is issuing streamlined rare earth export licenses - a key promised outcome after a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his counterpart ...

A new federally funded research project at the University of California, Davis, endeavors to extract valuable components for magnets, lasers and other modern technologies from an unlikely source: ...

Rare earth elements are vital to new technologies and industry but hard to obtain. A new project led by UC Davis and funded by a grant from ARPA-E aims to develop acid-tolerant bacteria that can ...

They’re gorgeous, dazzling, passionately pursued, and worth billions. No, not Hollywood starlets and hunks and the stars of K-Pop. Well, OK, yes – they are gorgeous, dazzling, passionately pursued, ...

Israel Gomez, plant manager at ReElement’s Noblesville facility, shows how the company processes elements like lithium, germanium, gadolinium, antimony and yttrium for reuse from recycled materials.

Seventeen elements of the periodic table have taken on outsize importance because of their use in smartphones, electric vehicles, medical devices, and other technologies. They’re valued for their ...