China’s command of the rare-earth minerals marketmay also be prompting the US to expedite its interests on the island. Such minerals, which are essential components of smartphones, electric vehicles, smart tel
Speculation continued this week with reports of an expanding embargo of the minerals. But the so-called "rare earths" are neither rare nor does China have a lock on them. Although China produces 97 percent of the world's rare earths, it contains only 30 percent of the world's supply. ...
The needs generated by these additional capacities were then compared to the identified resources (137 million tons). It is important to underline that the resources considered in our model concern all the 17 elements constituting the rare earths family. However,some rare earths...
Soils are the primary provider of nutrients and water for much of the plant life on earth. There are 18 elements considered essential for plant growth, most of which are made available to plants through root uptake from soils (Brady & Weil 2007). Soils retain nutrients by several mechanisms....
Mineral raw materials are especially important to the construction and manufacturing industries. Metallic minerals include iron ore, a key ingredient in the production of steel; copper, which is widely used in electrical wiring and electronics; and aluminum (derived from bauxite), valued for its ligh...
Efficient recycling reduces the need for resources that may be scant, particularly rare earth minerals/metals. These minerals -- with names such as europium, gadolinium and neodymium -- found in very few places on earth are important in the manufacturing of electronic devices, particularlysmart...
Examples of Ore Minerals Ore Minerals An ore is a natural occurrence of rock or sediment which contains enough minerals with economically important elements, typically metals, that can be extracted from the deposit economically. The ores are extracted by mining for a profit from the earth; they ...
Because the inner core is not rigidly connected to the Earth's solid mantle, the possibility that it rotates slightly faster or slower than the rest of Earth has long been considered. By observing changes in seismic waves as they passed through the core over the course of many decades, scien...
To be considered a mineral, a material must meet the following five requirements: 1) naturally occurring 2) inorganic 3) solid 4) ordered atomic structure 5) definite chemical composition (can vary within a limited range) Minerals are "crystalline." In other words, they have an ordered atomic...
access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals. Kyiv hoped that deal would ensure the continued flow of U.S. military support that Ukraine urgently needs as it battles Russia in the war that began after Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Where will these talks take place? Sau...