Niron Magnetics' Clean Earth Magnet Named to TIME's List …
Niron Magnetics' rare earth-free Clean Earth Magnet™ was selected in the Green Energy category of TIME's Best Inventions of 2023. ... they are less vulnerable to geopolitical tensions that have ...
Resource realism: The geopolitics of critical mineral supply …
China accounts for 85-90% of global rare earth element mine-to-metal refining and refines 68% of the world's cobalt, 65% of nickel, and 60% of lithium of the grade needed for electric vehicle batteries. ... their supply chain is increasingly vulnerable to geopolitical shocks, as they are processed into usable, ...
Arctic Competition, Climate Migration, and Rare …
Therefore, U.S. strategy must focus on three specific areas: (1) competing in the Arctic to protect the U.S. homeland and economic resources, (2) mitigating …
US Announces Steps to Bolster Critical Mineral Supply Chain
The steps include a $35 million contract to MP Materials to process heavy rare earth elements at the company's Mountain Pass, California, production site — the first processing and separation ...
A new map points at the impacts of rare earth …
Rare-earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 chemical elements considered critical for digitalization and for the energy transition. They have unique …
Rare plant species are especially vulnerable to …
They found that there are about 435,000 unique land plant species on planet Earth, and that a large fraction of them, 36.5% or some 158,535 species, can be considered "exceedingly rare ...
Rare Earth Mining: Sacing the Environment to Save the …
The infamous case of rare earth mining in Bayan'obo, Inner Mongolia, China, has raised a debate about how the environmental risks of rare earth mining measure up against their environmental and climate benefits. ... but also the destruction of vulnerable ecosystems and cultural and historical heritage, as well as habitats for local residents ...
Rare Earths: Market Disruption, Innovation, and …
As a result, even though global supply chains are not significantly different now than they were before the market disruption, the innovative activity motivated by the disruption will …
Not So "Green" Technology: The Complicated Legacy of Rare Earth …
For every ton of rare earth produced, the mining process yields 13kg of dust, 9,600-12,000 cubic meters of waste gas, ... It is easy to imagine toxic chemicals spilling into groundwater or waterways since they are left unmonitored and vulnerable to the whims of …
U.S. Begins Forging Rare Earth Supply Chain
Although it's just one refinement facility competing against multiple in China, its opening marks a crucial step in the United States' effort to address its vulnerable rare earth supply chain. In 2020, the …
Rare Earth Elements are Vulnerable to Supply Disruptions When …
The first rare earth element came from a mine in Sweden. Until 1948, India and Brazil were the principal sources of rare earth elements. South Africa became the world's rare earth source in the 1950s, but by 1966 the Mountain Pass mine in California became the world's largest producer of rare earth elements.
Ore Geology Reviews | Rare earth deposits in China
Rare earth elements (REE), critical metals for high clean-energy technology, are growing demand in the global market. China is the world's leading REE producer of the world since 1990s and hosts a variety of deposit types. Currently, nearly all the light REE production in the global market is from the carbonatite-alkaline related REE deposits …
Critical minerals scarcity could threaten renewable
The supply chains for critical and rare minerals are vulnerable to political and economic disruptions that could hamper the global shift to a renewable energy future. …
The Geopolitics of Rare Earth Elements
Demand for rare earth elements will grow in the next several years as the world undergoes an energy transition, but the supply chain is vulnerable. China is the top supplier in the market, but its own growing domestic demand may lessen its dominance by driving increased production outside its own borders.
Green New Deal must recognize rare earth metals to fight
Rare earths are also going to play an important role in combatting climate change. The main motors in electric vehicles, such as those in Teslas, use more than three kilograms (6.6 lbs) of ...
Governments have identified commodities essential to economic …
After Chinese exports eased and rare-earth prices plunged, Lynas was on the brink of collapse, so in 2016 JOGMEC and Sojitz agreed to restructure the company's debt. Lynas's processing plant ...
China Maintains Dominance in Rare Earth Production
This is part 2 of a 3-part special report on the rare earth market. In 1987, then-Chinese President Deng Xiaoping famously said, "The Middle East has oil. China has rare earths.". "I don't think people at the time understood it. But China understood that rare earths were going to be the backbone of manufacturing," said Pini Althaus ...
Rare Earths: Market Disruption, Innovation, and Global Supply …
This lack of geographic diversity left the rare-earth market vulnerable to disruption, which occurred in 2010 and 2011 when prices increased significantly following the Chinese government's reduction of export quotas for rare earths by ∼40%. Rest-of-world (non-Chinese) demand for rare earths, it was feared, would be greater than the allowable ...
Rare earth supply disruptions have long-range …
The results of the study highlighted which rare earth elements may be particularly vulnerable to disruptions. The largest price increases in response to disruptions occurred for dysprosium oxide, …
Uncovering the Global Life Cycles of the Rare Earth …
Julio Castillo. Scientific Reports (2019) The rare earth elements (REE) are a group of fifteen elements with unique properties that make them indispensable for a wide variety of emerging, critical ...
Supplies of rare earth materials are still far from secure
The supply crunch for rare earth became apparent when prices tripled in 2011, driven by concerns over limited supply and export restrictions imposed by China, the dominant producer at the time ...
Green Economy Vulnerable to Rare Earth Minerals …
governments about the potential environmental consequences of rare earth minerals shortages, such as the effect on the deployment of clean technologies, as well as the impacts of rare earth mining on ecosystems and their services. References Bourzac, K. (2010). "Undermining China's Monopoly on Rare Earth Elements." MIT Technology
Rare earth supply disruptions have long-range impacts, …
Rare earth materials are essential to a variety of economic sectors, including healthcare and clean energy. In a new study, Argonne scientists highlighted which rare earth elements may be particularly vulnerable to disruptions. (Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense and Argonne National Laboratory.)
Boom in Mining Rare Earths Poses Mounting Toxic Risks
By Mike Ives • January 28, 2013. In November, the first shipment of raw "rare earth" minerals arrived at an $800 million processing plant on Malaysia's east coast near the home of Tan Bun Teet. The plant, run by Australia's Lynas Corporation, has since begun refining the rare earth metals, essential components in wind turbines, hybrid ...
Species List | Endangered, Vulnerable, and Threatened …
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U.S. Is Vulnerable to China's Dominance in Rare Earths, Report …
By. Timothy Puko. June 29, 2020 5:30 am ET. Bastnasite concentrate, from which rare-earth metals are extracted, at the U.S.'s only rare-earths mine. Photo: Roger Kisby for The Wall Street ...
It Might Take A Long Time For The U.S. To Become Self
For perspective, a Toyota Prius contains approximately 15 kg of rare earths, an F-35 fighter jet 416 kg, and a U.S. Navy submarine over 3,600 kg. Despite their name, rare earths actually aren't ...
Evaluation of resource and environmental carrying capacity in rare …
The indicators with greater weight in the pressure system were the following: loss of value and quantity of water due to rare earth element mining (0.1331) > the cost of air pollution control of ...
Rare earth supply disruptions have long-range …
Rare earth supply disruptions have long-range impacts, computer model shows. Rare earth materials are essential to a variety of economic sectors, including healthcare and clean energy. In a new study, …
Rare-Earth Elements Fortifying the Vulnerable Supply Chain
China is the leading REE producer and the only country with end-to-end capabilities (mining to processing). It has a global mineral output share of ~60% and a refining capacity of ~85%. It also accounts for ~35% of the world's REE reserves equivalent to rare earth oxides (REO). Around 80% of REE ores and concentrates are processed in China.
