By Shane Lasley
Data Mine North
Making rare earths separation less rare
Critical Minerals Alliances 2022 - September 12, 2022
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Last updated 9/15/2022 at 3:09pm
Peggy Greb, U.S. Department of Agriculture
The U.S. is investing heavily into facilities to separate rare earths into the individual elements needed for high-tech applications. Clockwise from top center: praseodymium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium, and gadolinium.
US invests heavily into developing domestic rare earth element processing plants
Despite what their name suggests, rare earths are not all that scarce. An efficient and environmentally sound technology capable of separating this tightly bonded group into the 15 individual elements of innovation, however, is truly unique and the key to establishing a rare earths supply chain in North Am...
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