Rare Earth Metals

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  China, In Comic Strip, Warns Of 'Overseas' Threats To Its Rare Earths

  China's chief intelligence agency posted on social media a comic strip featuring foreign-looking characters secretly extracting rare earths, in a story portraying the country's strategic metals under threat from covetous "overseas organisations".

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  China's Geologists Unearth Valuable Niobium Ore In Inner Mongolia

  Scientists say that the newly discovered ore containing the rare metal niobium could revolutionize battery innovation.

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  This Rare Asteroid May Make Everyone A Billionaire On This Earth

  Each person would earn roughly several billion dollars if NASA were to retrieve this asteroid and divide it among the population.

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  Bosch Partners With IBM in Quantum Computing to Find Surrogates for Precious Metals, Rare Earths Elements

  Bosch is teaming up with IBM in the field of quantum computing as the firms seek to find surrogates for precious metals and rare earths in carbon-neutral powertrains within the next decade, using simulation technology. The company says it will invest EUR 10 billion (roughly Rs. 81,700 crore) in digitalisation and connectivity over the next three ye...

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  Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Nereus Which Flew Past Earth Could Be Mined for Precious Metals Worth Billions

  Space mining is an idea that began taking hold at the turn of the century, and 10 years ago, it was passionately discussed. Many argued that space mining could revolutionise the commercial space economy by employing robots and private astronauts to explore and mine near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) for precious metals and even rare earth metals.

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  Rare Earth Metals At The Heart Of China's Rivalry With US, Europe

  What if China were to cut off the United States and Europe from access to rare minerals that are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines and drones?

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  With Eye On China, Quad Nations To Tie Up In Rare Earths: Report

  The United States, Japan, India and Australia will work together to secure rare earth metals that are essential to the production of electric car motors and other products, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday.

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  Indian-Origin Man Among 2 Money Launders Jailed For 14 Years In UK

  An Indian-origin man is among two others jailed for a total of 14 years for their role in an elaborate money laundering operation involving a so-called "rare earth" metals scam in the UK.

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  US Gives Rare Earths Reprieve In Revised $200 Billion China Tariff List

  Permanent metal magnets and articles intended to become permanent magnets, which could include rare earth oxides neodymium and praseodymium, also dropped off the list. That category accounted for $191.2 million of imports in 2017, according to the USTR.

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  Japan's 'Rare Earth' Haul Sparks Hopes Of Cutting China Reliance

  The discovery of potentially millions of tons of valuable "rare earth" elements in sea sludge off Japan has raised hopes that Asia's number-two economy can reduce its dependence on Chinese supply.

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  Tesla's Electric Motor Shift To Spur Demand For Rare Earth Neodymium

  Efforts by governments around the world to cut noxious emissions produced by fossil fuel-powered cars is driving demand for electric vehicles and the metals used to make them, such as lithium and cobalt which are key ingredients for batteries.

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  Honda and Daido Steel Develop World's First Hybrid Motor Free of Rare Earth Metals

  Honda has has recently co-developed world's first hybrid motor that is free of any heavy rare earth elements.

• Honda to recycle rare earth metals in used parts

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• China cuts 2012 rare earths export quota

  Exporters will be allowed to sell 10,546 tons of rare earths in the first half of 2012.