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A bright idea for recycling rare-earth phosphors from used fluorescent bulbs Recycling facilities collect glass and mercury from thrown away fluorescent bulbs, but discarded lighting could also supply rare-earth metals for reuse. The 17 metals referred to as rare earths aren’t all widely available and aren’t easily extracted with existing recycling methods. Now, researchers have [...]

Revolutionising Rare Earth Element supply chains:Groundbreaking study advocates circular economy approaches Researchers have developed an innovative integrated model to evaluate the revolutionary potential of circular economy approaches on global supply chains for essential rare earth elements (REEs) such as neodymium, dysprosium, and terbium. This is part of a groundbreaking study co-led by Newcastle University. According [...]

Appia Rare Earths and Uranium Corp Appia Rare Earths and Uranium Corp: Developing critical REE and uranium assets to power tomorrow’s technologies today Appia’s portfolio, spanning regions in Canada rich in both REE and uranium, along with the promising PCH Ionic Adsorption Clay REE project in Brazil, has great potential for our clean energy future. [...]

Rare Element Resources: Advancing cutting-edge rare earth recovery technology Rare Element Resources’ rare earth recovery technology has significant economic and environmental advantages over traditional methods and will be refined and confirmed at a demonstration scale in mid-2024. Rare Element Resources (RER), in cooperation with its technology partner, defence and diversified technology industry leader General Atomics [...]

Researchers explore for rare earths in Alaskan seaweed source:Innovation news network A research team led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been awarded a $1.9m federal grant to explore whether Southeast Alaskan seaweed is absorbing rare earths. The study will look at Alaskan seaweed near Bokan Mountain, a remote landmark on Prince of Wales [...]