Securing the supply of rare earths for high-tech industries in Europe
A group of critical raw materials may help Europe reduce supply-chain vulnerabilities. Dr. Arne Petter Ratvik is championing high-tech goods for Europe through a low-tech...
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The Competitive Pursuit in Rare Earth Material Production
Abandoning fossil fuels and adopting lower-carbon technologies are our best options for warding off the accelerating threat of climate change. Access to rare earth elements,...
NEO Battery Materials Completes Relocation to Expand R&D Facility in South Korea
NEO Battery Materials Ltd., a silicon anode materials developer that enables longer-running, rapid-charging lithium-ion batteries, announced the completion of the R&D Scale-Up Centre relocation from...
How Much Control Does China Have Over Rare Earth Elements
China today can claim control over the global production of rare earth elements (REE). These metals are a vital input to almost everything technological, from...
Central Asia’s Rare Earths: Potential Fuel for Energy Transition
If rare earth elements are the crude oil of the 21st century, then Central Asia and Mongolia may be the Saudi Arabias of these strategic...
The Coming Boom in Rare Earths
It would be an overstatement to say that the modern world runs on rare-earth elements. But as overstatements go, that one has more than a...
Enhancing resilience in the EU raw materials supply chain
Demand for materials that drive the green and digital transitions is expected to increase significantly. Europe can take action now to avoid being dependent on...
Facing challenges in processing Sweden’s abundant rare-earth resources
The discovery of Europe’s first major source of rare-earth oxides in Sweden raises hopes for the continent’s clean-tech ambitions, but making use of the new...
Turkey on Course to Rank Among Top 5 Rare Earth Producers
Turkey will become one of the five countries in the world producing rare earth elements when the industrial facility in the province of Eskişehir becomes...
Spain Has Europe’s Only Known Coltan Reserve
Strategic Minerals is a company with US and Spanish capital that is in charge of the exploitation of the Penouta mine, located in the municipality...