Australia to Boost Rare Earth capacity

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Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison Scott Morrison announced funding for rare earth refining to boost rare earth capacity, including vital components for high-tech batteries, as the country works with the U.S. to move away from its heavy reliance on the key Chinese mineral.

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High Price of Cobalt Powder Brings Challenges to Tungsten Alloy Enterprises

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Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

China’s domestic tungsten price remains firm and stable in the week ended on Friday, March 18, 2022 as raw material manufacturers’ confidence was shored up by the ferro tungsten and alloy markets affected by the concerns about the tight resource supply and the increased cost of smelting auxiliary materials under conflict between Russia and Ukraine. 

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Ferro Molybdenum Price - March 21, 2022

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At the beginning of the week, China’s domestic molybdenum market continued to remain strong Affected by factors such as the low spot inventory of molybdenum concentrate, the acceptable price of steel tenders and the generally strong awareness of profit-taking among suppliers, the trading activity in the market was relatively high. 

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Terbium Oxide Price - March 21, 2022

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Rare earth market quotation in China: europium oxide, neodymium oxide and lanthanum oxide prices remain unchanged while terbium oxide price declines slightly at the beginning of the week. 

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Flash of Heat to Extract Rare Earth Elements from Waste

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In a new study published in Science Advances, Rice University researchers have developed a method to extract rare earth elements (REEs) from fly ash using flash of heat. Coal fly ash may be a particularly valuable source of REEs. James Tour, an organic chemist at Rice University and author of the study, said, "Between the extracting chemicals and the toxic waste, REE mining turns out to be an environmental disaster."

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