Rare Earths: Innovation Center to Strengthen China's …

To counter growing competition and secure China's position in the global industry, Yan Hongwei, a deputy to the National People's Congress, is proposing to build a national innovation center for new rare earth materials, writes the Global Times. The site would be Baotou in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, home to the world's largest ...

Rare Earth Elements in National Defense: Background, …

Pursuant to Section 843, the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for FY2011 (P.L. 111-383) and S.Rept. 111-201 (accompanying S. 3454), Congress had mandated that the Secretary of Defense conduct an assessment of rare earth supply chain issues and develop a plan to address any vulnerabilities.

Rare Earth Element Speciation in Geothermal Fluids from …

Elevated concentrations (20–1133 nmol/kg) of rare earth elements (REE) are present in acid-sulphate and acid-sulphate-chloride hydrothermal waters of the Yellowstone National Park (YNP). We used recently estimated thermodynamic data ( Haas et al 1995 ) to speciate seventeen YNP hydrothermal fluids with the EQ3NR code.

Rare-Earth Elements: A National Security Crisis

The "rare earths" that Deng was referring to are known as "Rare-Earth Elements" (REEs). They are composed of 17 complex elements that are unpronounceable but are essential in four industries: high tech, pharmaceuticals, national defense, and energy. The list of products in which they are used is almost endless: computers, …

U.S. Begins Forging Rare Earth Supply Chain

By National Minerals Information Center. Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of the mineral commodity group rare earths - scandium, …

Rare earth elements: A review of applications

Xenotime deposits (xenotime is a rare earth phosphate mineral which is a rich source of yttrium and heavy rare earths) in Madhya Pradesh, carbonatite-alkaline complex in Ambadongar, Gujarat, polymetallic mineralization in Siwana Ring Complex, Rajasthan (Banerjee et al., 2014) are some of the promising areas for REE exploration and …

Rare-earth element | Uses, Properties, & Facts | Britannica

Collectively, the rare earths rank as the 22nd most abundant "element" (at the 68th percentile mark). The non- lanthanide rare-earth elements, yttrium and scandium, are 29th and 44th, respectively, in their abundances. Lanthanum and the light lanthanides (cerium through europium) are more abundant than the heavy lanthanides ( gadolinium ...

What Are Rare Earth Metals? What Are They …

Rare earths are also used as a refiner in gas used to fuel internal combustion engines. Rare earth magnets, like that of Neodymium-iron-boron, are used in sensors, and even ferrite magnets contain small …

What China's Ban on Rare Earths Processing Technology …

China announced a ban of rare earth extraction and separation technologies on December 21, 2023. This has significant implications for U.S. national, economic, and rare earth security. Rare earth elements—a group of 17 metals —are used in defense technologies, including missiles, lasers, vehicle-mounted systems such as tanks, and …

CMI Hub makes key step to process rare earth metals in …

October 12, 2023. CMI Hub makes key step to process rare earth metals in United States. The Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI Hub) worked with industry to take a key step …

Rare earth elements: Development, sustainability and policy …

The national government highlighted the importance of rare earth mining to national development in the 2012 Agenda for Prosperity, but this hardly constitutes the first engagement with the ambition. Drawing on documents from the British colonial office as well as contemporary primary source material, this article shows that the development of ...

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The Lava Tubes. One of the top things to see in the Mojave National Preserve, the Lava Tubes are located several miles down the unpaved Aiken Road. Visitors can climb down into the lava tubes from the collapsed tunnel ceiling. The light shining down onto the lava floor is one of the most incredible views in the preserve.

Rare Earth Elements and National Security

Eugene Gholz analyzes the economic and security consequences of China's central position in the global rare-earths market. He discusses the evolution of the rare-earths market, which is critical ...

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FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces …

Secure Rare Earth Element Supply Chain Department of Commerce Findings and Recommendations Build on Progress to Secure Critical Supply Chain, Reduce Dependence on China ... of the National Science and Technology Council, will periodically assess the health of the U.S. NdFeB magnet industrial base, including the status and outlook of …

Chinese rare earth minerals are 'a national security risk' : …

In an interview with Yahoo Finance Live, the bill's co-sponsor Sen. Mark Kelly (D, AZ) called Chinese rare earth minerals "a national security risk" and urged the Pentagon to act quickly to ...

Rare Earths Statistics and Information | U.S. Geological Survey

The rare earths are a relatively abundant group of 17 elements composed of scandium, yttrium, and the lanthanides. The elements range in crustal abundance from cerium, the 25th most abundant element of the 78 common elements in the Earth's crust at 60 parts per million, to thulium and lutetium, the least abundant rare-earth elements at about 0. ...

An Overview of Rare Earth Elements and Related Issues …

Rare earth elements (REE), a group of 17 elements included in the list of critical minerals pursuant to Executive Order 13817, are used in many components and products in various sectors. Examples of sectors in which REE are commonly used include petrochemicals, metals and alloys, glass and ceramics, and electronics.

Chinese rare earth minerals are 'a national security risk' : …

A new bipartisan Senate bill is aiming to accelerate that timeline, by banning defense contractors from sourcing those materials in the first place. In an interview with Yahoo Finance Live, the bill's co-sponsor Sen. Mark Kelly (D, AZ) called Chinese rare earth minerals "a national security risk" and urged the Pentagon to act quickly to ...

(PDF) A national-scale mineral potential assessment for …

The production of rare earth elements is critical for the transition to a low carbon economy. Carbonatites (>50% carbonate minerals) are one of the most significant sources of rare earth elements ...

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Funding Notice: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Rare Earth …

On September 19, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $156 million in funding from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for a first-of-a-kind facility to extract and separate rare earth elements (REE) and critical ...

LLNL researchers turn to bioengineered bacteria to increase …

To help increase the U.S. supply of rare earth metals, a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory team has created a new way to recover rare earths using bioengineered bacteria.Rare earth elements (REEs) are essential for American competitiveness in the clean energy industry because they are used in many devices …

Who is the core? Reveal the heterogeneity of global rare earth …

Up to now, rare earth has been listed as a "critical mineral" by many countries. Major economies in the world have successively included rare earth in national strategic resource reserves (Yu et al., 2021). International trade is the main transnational flow and access to rare earth all over the world.

ENERGY REPORT Rare Earth Elements and National …

E X P A N D I N G N O N - C H I N E S E S U P P L I E S. For rare earth oxides, total global production in 2012 was about 106,000 metric tons.24 In 2013, Molycorp achieved full-rate production of what it calls Phase One of its Project Phoenix, yielding some 19,000 metric tons of rare earth oxides per year. (Molycorp has planned a Phase Two ...

The Secret Ingredients of Everything

MAGAZINE. The Secret Ingredients of Everything. From smart phones to hybrid vehicles to cordless power drills, devices we all desire are made with a pinch of rare …

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $156 Million for …

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $156 million in funding from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for a first-of-a-kind facility …