Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Jiangsu province, China. (China Stringer Network/Reuters) Each F-35 Lightning II aircraft contains more than 900 ...

Rare earths are mined from rock deposits in the earth’s crust. With nearly 70 percent of the market, China is able to control the export and price of the metals sold around the world.

THIS little book on the elements of the rare earth group, or lanthanides as they are now called, contains chapters on (a) electronic structures and oxidation states, (b) magnetic properties, (c ...

Rare-earth metals, also known as lanthanides, are critical parts of modern life that are often hidden in plain sight. Their name comes from the Greek "lanthanein," which means "hidden." True to ...

More information: Alexa M. Schmitz et al, High efficiency rare earth element bioleaching with systems biology guided engineering of Gluconobacter oxydans, Communications Biology (2025). DOI: 10. ...

There are 17 rare earth elements (REEs) in all — 15 lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium. It's a fairly diverse group, with each rare earth mineral having different applications, pricing and ...

Rare earth elements are critical to many industries—used in electric motors, medical imaging and diagnostics, oil and gas refining, and computer and phone screens. The 17 rare earth elements all ...

Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV: UCU) (OTCQX: UURAF) ("Ucore" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated June ...

The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more Rare earth elements — ingredients in EVs, advanced fighter jets, smartphones and more — aren’t ...

To the increasing alarm of Western powers, China now has a stranglehold on the market for rare earth elements, responsible for 70 percent of production globally. As the renewables revolution ...

China has announced immediate export controls on seven more rare earth elements critical to enterprise IT hardware manufacturing, firing a fresh salvo in the ongoing tech trade war. This move ...