Rare earths are the world’s most in-demand elements. Marco Magrini reports on the battle for their future — and ours ...

China has stopped almost all shipments of critical minerals that are needed for cars, robots, wind turbines, jet fighters and ...

As China tightens its grip on critical resources, Trump eyes Canada’s riches The post The US Badly Needs Rare Minerals and Fresh Water. Guess Who Has Them? first appeared on The Walrus.

Myanmar is caught in a scramble for minerals. Their exploitation is causing deaths and environmental harm in the country's ...

Meanwhile, neodymium (Nd) and dysprosium (Dy ... Ten new entries on the periodic table (including gadolinium, named en homage) and almost a hundred years later, scientists were still finding ...

China has implemented new export controls for rare earth minerals and magnets. The changes could upend the shift to electric ...

Neodymium‑iron‑boron magnets spin the ... lamp all depend on the same out‑of‑the‑way corner of the periodic table. Yet every gram arrives with baggage. Most rare‑earth ore occurs ...

Neodymium, for example, helps make the powerful magnets ... With promethium’s properties finally charted, the periodic table feels a little tidier – and the tools built from its elements stand to grow ...

Heavy actinides—elements at the bottom of the periodic table, after plutonium—are ... alongside their respective lanthanide analogs, neodymium and europium. Here, a coordination complex ...

Due to their chemical properties, the 17 rare earth elements are classified as metals on the periodic table. However ... The REEs praseodymium, neodymium, samarium and dysprosium are often ...

As Washington and Kyiv seek to finalise a deal on exploiting Ukraine's mineral resources, FRANCE 24 takes a look at rare earth metals and why they are important. Used in a wide range of ...

Factbox-What Are Rare Earth Metals and Why Are They in Demand? (Reuters) - Rare earth metals are making headlines as demand rises for products from smartphones to wind turbines, and as governments ...