A small molecule that naturally serves as a binding site for metals in enzymes also proves useful for separating certain rare ...

Scientists are developing a process inspired by nature that efficiently recovers europium from old fluorescent lamps. The ...

Rare earth metals are not as rare as their name suggests. However, they are indispensable for the modern economy. After all, ...

In a new study, a research team has presented a simple method for efficiently separating and recovering the rare earth metal ...

In the lab at Molycorp Minerals mine in Mountain Pass, CA, vials hold the raw ores and test samples ... [+] of the rare earth metals that the company extracts from the rusty colored rock.

Industries need the raw materials to build and manufacture ... It's a leading producer of the three most consumed industrial metals -- iron ore, aluminum, and copper. Rio Tinto also mines a ...

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India-based recycling trade group says its government should allow aluminum scrap to enter that nation duty free.

However, the expansion of nickel-processing facilities has come at a staggering environmental cost. According to Auriga, ...

The European Union and Serbia were set to sign a deal Friday over the supply of battery materials during a "critical raw ...

China’s appetite for commodities eased in June, as a sluggish economy took the edge off import demand across a number of key ...