Neodymium is a rare-earth element essential for producing the strongest permanent magnets, which are widespread in defense ...

Rare earths aren't all that rare. The real choke point is in processing and refining them, where China enjoys market dominance.

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

Trade restrictions on rare-earth elements by China's government have spurred ingenuity from other countries and industries ...

President Trump signed an executive order invoking war time powers to help boost production of critical minerals and rare earth elements. There is a global race for those materials, but the U.S. lags ...

Many modern devices—from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines—rely on strong magnets made from types of minerals called rare earths. As the systems and infrastructure used ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle, scientists have uncovered surprising evidence that traces of the planet’s early form,proto-Earth, ...

A Canadian company called Cyclic Materials is working to create a circular supply chain for rare earth elements (REEs) using advanced recycling processes. The company just secured $53 million via a ...

New equity funding will be instrumental in the opening of Cyclic Materials’ first commercial facilities in the US and Europe. TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cyclic Materials, the advanced recycling company ...

Thirteen researchers for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and two affiliates of the Tri-Cities lab have been named to a ...

President Trump is invoking wartime powers to help boost U.S. production of critical minerals and rare earth elements. His executive order last week was meant to gain an edge in a global race - a race ...