The U.S. government is offering companies $24 million to prototype and test projects that retrieve rare earth critical ...

All the world’s discarded phones, bricked laptops, and other trashed electronics are collectively a treasure trove of rare earth elements (REEs). But separating out and recovering these increasingly ...

Since their relatively recent appearance on the commercial scene, rare-earth magnets have made quite a splash in the public imagination. The amount of magnetic energy packed into these tiny, shiny ...

Neodymium is a rare-earth element essential for producing the strongest permanent magnets, which are widespread in defense technologies, hard drives, medical imaging devices, electric vehicle motors, ...

From cell phones to wind turbines and missile defense systems, modern technologies depend on critical minerals like rare ...

The US Department of Defense agreed to lend $700 million to producers of rare earth magnets in a bid to increase domestic production of materials used in consumer electronics and weapons. The ...

As some of the world’s largest automakers ramp up production for a generation of electric vehicles, the supply of one of the most important ingredients—rare-earth elements—is surely a cause for ...