India, Jan. 22 -- Rare earth elements are a group of 17 metals that underpin modern technology, enabling gadgets ranging from ...

Unlike MP, whose mining output is mostly light rare-earth elements, USA Rare Earth controls a deposit (the Round Top deposit ...

Trump’s push to break that chokepoint is lifting rare-earths startups. Phoenix Tailings, a startup focused on recycling ...

You can't just grab 'em by the mine shafts - there aren't any The US invasion of Greenland might be off the table for now, ...

The United States imports nearly 80% of the rare earth elements it uses in the production of critical electronics. That has made securing mining rights and import agreements a hot political topic. NBC ...

Scientists have just discovered an incredible superpower hidden away in the tissues of the fern Blechnum orientale, a plant that can collect and store rare earth elements. The findings could lead to a ...

Although rare-earth elements (REEs) are not very rare, their recovery and purification is very cumbersome, with no significant concentrations that would help with mining. This does contribute to ...

Seventeen elements of the periodic table have taken on outsize importance because of their use in smartphones, electric vehicles, medical devices, and other technologies. They’re valued for their ...

A "breakthrough" discovery about the fern species Blechnum orientale could help to ease the rare earth element (REE) crisis and pave the way for a “green” extraction process for the metals. While the ...

Rare earth elements are vital to new technologies and industry but hard to obtain. A new project led by UC Davis and funded by a grant from ARPA-E aims to develop acid-tolerant bacteria that can ...

Georgetown University researchers have discovered a new class of strong magnets that do not rely on rare-earth or precious ...