Chinese researchers have used drones to inoculate clouds with silver iodide to produce rain. The precise maneuvering of the drones safeguards the measures. Scientists working for the China ...

At its California refinery, MP produced 563 metric tons of neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr) — the two most in-demand rare earths — during the quarter, more than four times the year-ago period.

“As the evidence began to mount, I got really excited because I've been looking for something like this for basically my whole independent career,” says Eric J. Schelter of the University of ...

This approach not only recovers rare earths like neodymium, praseodymium, and dysprosium, which are essential for HDD magnetic systems, but also extracts valuable metals including copper ...

The environmental cost is further compounded by the fact that mining new rare earth elements such as dysprosium, neodymium, and praseodymium is highly energy-intensive and produces substantial ...

Harena says SGS Lakefield testwork using a pH 5 ammonium sulphate solution delivered strong results, including 87% neodymium, 88% praseodymium, 71% dysprosium, 75% terbium and 63% yttrium.

MP Materials, operator of the Mountain Pass mine in California’s Mojave Desert, is ramping up supplies of the critical ingredients and magnets used in autos, electronics and military hardware as ...

Hard disk drives use rare earth elements, including neodymium, praseodymium, and dysprosium, which are “prized for their magnetic properties to help HDDs precisely read and write data ...

Energy Fuels significantly increases 2025 uranium production and finished goods inventory guidance by 22% and 193%, respectively, increases strong working capital position, and continues to ...

The company's White Mesa mill in Utah currently has the commercial capacity to process monazite-ore concentrates into separated neodymium-praseodymium oxide, and an expansion would allow it to ...

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk is the latest U.S. industry leader to acknowledge that certain permanent magnets made from rare earth metals such as neodymium and praseodymium could affect ...

India’s coastal reserves, rich in light rare earths like Neodymium and Praseodymium, hold untapped potential. Private firms, if unleashed from bureaucratic shackles, could transform these ...