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Chemistry World May 17, 2011 Meera Senthilingam |
UK report calls for new approach to strategic metals The UK will need to secure supplies of strategic metals or future economic growth will be put at risk, a Science and Technology Committee report warns.  |
Chemistry World November 18, 2014 |
Rare: the high-stakes race to satisfy our need for the scarcest metals on earth This book talks about the rare earth metals that are used in many technologies, and the politics surrounding them.  |
Chemistry World January 2011 |
Critical thinking The west relies on China to supply rare earths, but as China's domestic demand grows, alternatives are desperately required. As our supply of some essential elements dries up, it's time to start urban mining.  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2010 Willie D. Jones |
The Rare-Earth-Metal Bottleneck China produces most of the world's rare earth metals, and soon it will need all that it produces  |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2011 Shubh Datta |
China Likely to Lose Rare Earth Metal Market Dominance China, which currently dominates the production of rare earth metals, may soon become an importer of them.  |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2011 Travis Hoium |
Challenges Undermine Rare Earth Elements Now that one big buyer of rare earths is bringing demand assumptions into question, investors have a little more to think about.  |
BusinessWeek January 6, 2011 J. Clenfield et al. |
Rare Earths from Japan's Junk Pile Hitachi and other companies are mining discarded appliances to try and make up for dwindling exports from China  |
The Motley Fool April 19, 2011 Travis Hoium |
Molycorp Goes Vertical Molycorp is buying companies that add downstream value to its rare earth mine.  |
National Defense June 2010 Keith A. Delaney |
Defense Industry's Help Needed To Avert Rare Metals Supply Crisis Just as the Defense Department and its suppliers worry about dependence on foreign oil, they also must be concerned about growing needs -- and potentially declining supplies -- of rare earth metals.  |
Chemistry World May 20, 2010 Andy Extance |
Prepare to lose metals, says UN group Supplies of speciality metals like lithium, neodymium and indium could become restricted unless recycling rates improve.  |
Chemistry World April 9, 2015 Simon Hadlington |
Superatom mimics for rare earth elements Researchers in the US believe they may be able to create mimics of rare earth elements by making new 'superatoms' composed of atomic clusters of other metals.  |
The Motley Fool December 13, 2011 Travis Hoium |
Molycorp: A Look Back at 2011 Molycorp was hot to start the year, but it ends 2011 leaving many questions unanswered.  |
The Motley Fool November 4, 2010 Travis Hoium |
Are Rare Earth Stocks More Than a Bubble? Rare earths have been on a fast and furious run, but supply doesn't seem to be a problem for these "rare" elements.  |
Chemistry World May 27, 2015 Jonathan Midgley |
Collaboration reduces barriers to rare earth separation As part of ongoing research into critical metal reuse and recycling, chemical engineers have teamed up with chemists to develop a simple photochemical method for separating vital rare earth metals, europium and yttrium.  |
The Motley Fool February 17, 2011 Dan Dzombak |
Challenges for Precious Metals Stocks Companies are looking to cut out metals needs.  |
Chemistry World March 15, 2013 Ian Farrell |
Recycling rare earth elements using ionic liquids Recycling old magnets, so that rare-earth metals can be re-used, could help to solve an urgent raw material supply problem in the electronics industry.  |
Chemistry World March 26, 2015 Jonathan Midgley |
Ionic liquid a perfect fit for rare earth recycling Chemists in Belgium have shown how an intriguing ionic liquid they developed 10 years ago can recover valuable rare earth metals from stockpiles of used fluorescent lamps and magnets.  |
The Motley Fool July 8, 2011 Dominguez & Crawford |
Rare Earth Stocks: Can China's Stranglehold Last? Will these companies flourish as rare earth prices and demand skyrocket?: PolyMet Mining... Quest Rare Minerals... Rare Element Resources... Avalon Rare Metals... Molycorp...  |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2011 Travis Hoium |
3 Challenges for Rare Earth Mineral Stocks The headwinds for these rare earth mineral stocks may be getting stronger.  |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2011 Travis Hoium |
Don't Buy Rare Earth Stocks Until You Read This China is shipping more rare earth elements than you may think.  |
Chemistry World March 13, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
New Way to Produce Heavy Rare Earth Metals Chemists have for the first time demonstrated the electrochemical reduction of a solid oxide of a heavy rare earth metal into its metallic state.  |
Chemistry World May 28, 2013 |
Extreme extraction Imagine how extreme it would be to mine at the bottom of the ocean or on asteroids in the depths of space. That is exactly what a few pioneering companies are planning to do.  |
National Defense October 2009 Frodl & Manoyan |
Defense, Energy Markets Should Brace for Shortages of Key Materials The United States is on the verge of trading its dependence on foreign oil for dependence on another key natural resource.  |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 Toby Shute |
Gold and Bonds Have Nothing on This Bubble Rare earth metals are the frothiest investment area in today's markets.  |
Chemistry World October 29, 2010 Akshat Rathi |
Smuggling key factor in China's rare earth actions Widespread smuggling of rare earth materials and rapidly increasing domestic demands are key factors in China's recent moves to drastically reduce exports of the sought after elements.  |
IndustryWeek February 15, 2012 David Blanchard |
10 Steps to Identify and Prevent Resource Scarcity The threat of metals shortages is putting manufacturing supply chains at risk.  |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2010 April Taylor |
Rare Earth Elements: A Watch or a Watch Out? Demand for rare earths is growing, and the prices for the elements have skyrocketed, but those prices could fall just as quickly as they rose.  |
Chemistry World September 28, 2012 Andrew Turley |
Solvay rare earth recycling in France Belgian speciality chemicals giant Solvay has officially opened two new sites in France for recycling rare earth elements.  |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2010 Travis Hoium |
Molycorp Moves Ahead in Rare Earth Metals Molycorp shows progress in building out its rare earth elements mine.  |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2011 Travis Hoium |
China Throws Rare Earths for Another Loop Stockpiling of the elements adds another factor to the rare earth debate.  |
Chemistry World April 2, 2014 Anthony King |
Analysts shrug off rare earth trade ruling There will be no immediate impact on rare earths from the recent World Trade Organization ruling against China, say analysts. The WTO deemed that China's use of export quotas, export taxes and trading restrictions went against its rules.  |
Fast Company November 2010 Kate Rockwood |
How a Handful of Countries Control the Earth's Most Precious Materials While the global market for ever more sophisticated tech gadgets grows, the metals and minerals that make them go are controlled by a handful of countries.  |
National Defense June 2012 Dan Parsons |
U.S. Remains Dependent on China for Rare Earth Elements The U.S. military is almost completely dependent on China for the rare earth elements that go into everything from batteries to precision-guided bombs, according to a report by the Congressional Research Service.  |
Food Engineering April 4, 2006 Karen Schweizer |
Drawn to purity Rare earth magnets eliminate tramp metals for herbal tea manufacturer.  |
IndustryWeek May 16, 2012 David Blanchard |
Startup Plans to Mine Asteroids for Precious Metals Planetary Resources aims for outer space to alleviate the scarcity of raw materials  |
Chemistry World September 19, 2013 Emily James |
Lanthanide munching bacteria found in volcanoes Scientists in the Netherlands have obtained the first evidence of a lifeform dependant on rare earth metals. The work may lead to the discovery of other previously unknown lifeforms and could advance rare earth bio-mining.  |
Chemistry World May 9, 2013 James Urquhart |
Greener, cleaner steel US researchers have developed a greener way to produce metals such as steel. Their process could cut greenhouse gas emissions while using earth abundant and affordable metals.  |
Chemistry World June 2007 Dylan Stiles |
Opinion: Bench Monkey This PhD student takes an organic chemist's tour around the periodic table.  |
Technology Research News August 25, 2004 |
Method Makes Stronger Steel Researchers have found a way to cast relatively large structures from a type of steel whose atomic structure is amorphous, like glass, rather than the usual orderly crystalline structure of metal.  |
Chemistry World January 17, 2013 David Bradley |
Casting a shadow over green light bulbs New research suggests that the environmental legacy of the toxic metals in CFLs and LEDs, including copper, lead, mercury and zinc, needs to be given greater consideration by policymakers formulating strategies to cut energy use.  |
The Motley Fool September 26, 2011 Travis Hoium |
3 Investments on My Short List Gold, rare earth elements, and one Las Vegas casino giant are on this list of potential short stock candidates.  |
The Motley Fool December 29, 2010 Travis Hoium |
Unanswered Questions for Rare Earth Stocks A suspicious start to the week leaves unanswered questions for rare earth stocks.  |
Chemistry World October 5, 2010 Rebecca Trager |
US concerns about rare earths scarcity gain momentum Momentum is building in the US to address the nation's growing dependence on China for rare earth materials, crucial for developing clean energy, military and manufacturing technologies.  |
Science News August 26, 2006 |
Timeline: From the August 22, 1936, Issue Camera Stops the Wings of Hummingbird in Flight... New Cosmic-Ray Device Nears Completion at u. Of Chicago... Meteorites Contain Large Amounts of Rare Metals...  |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2011 Dan Dzombak |
Get Out of These "Rare-Earth" Companies These stocks have been bid up on rare-earth hype, yet there's nothing rare about their earths.  |
Chemistry World March 27, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Sewage offers attractive source of precious metals Sewage sludge from water treatment plants contains precious metals like gold, silver and platinum, as well as industrial metals such as copper and zinc, researchers at the US Geological Survey have found.  |
Fast Company July 2006 Alan Deutschman |
There's Gold in Them Thar Smelly Hills A single ton of junked PCs has more gold than 17 tons of ore. That's why landfills might - just might - pay for their own cleanup.  |
Chemistry World February 13, 2014 Simon Poulton |
The Earth as a cradle for life This enjoyable book by Stacey and Hodgkinson takes a long-term view of Earth's development as a habitable planet, incorporating physical, chemical and biological processes on the early Earth, to the modern world.  |