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Can coal mines be tapped for rare earth elements?

A selection of some of the rare earth artificial rocks produced by the team. Picture taken at the iCRAG Lab at Trinity College Dublin. Credit: Trinity College Dublin

Researchers create synthetic rocks to better understand how increasingly sought-after rare...

Igánâq, Greenland: view to the southwest from the Igánâq summit (~540m) towards Tunulliarfik and the snowy peaks of Ilímaussaq. Credit: University of St Andrews

New tools to unearth rare metals

A lab-grown crystal of a synthetic form of the rare earth mineral, monazite, shows extensive damage to one face after exposure to bio-leaching compound generated by Gluconobacter oxydans. Credit: Credit: Brian Balta/Provided

Bacteria may be key to sustainably extracting earth elements for tech

Open cut hard rock mining, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.

Mining precious rare-earth elements from coal fly ash with a reusable...

Pioneering new research has helped geologists solve a long-standing puzzle that could help pinpoint new, untapped concentrations of some the most valuable rare earth deposits. Credit: Michael Anenburg, ANU.

Geologists solve puzzle that could predict valuable rare earth element deposits

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Potential new source of rare earth elements

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Researchers Find Reserves of Rare Earth Elements in Deep-sea Mud

Fingerprinting rare earth elements from the air

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Cosmochemists find evidence of rare element in early solar system

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Extracting rare-earth elements from coal could soon be economical in US

Studying the recovery of rare earth elements from coal mining waste

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New process recycles magnets from factory floor

Separating rare earth metals with UV light

Rare Mineral found in a Wisconsin Crater

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