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Ucore Rare Metals Inc. April 28 reported the separation of samarium and gadolinium, the final two rare earths needed to be split by way of the cutting-edge molecular recognition technology.

The MRT process is designed to bind selectively with ions based on multiple parameters such as size, chemistry, and geometry.

Using a pregnant leach solution prepared from material taken from Ucore's Dotso...