The U.S. relies on China for about 70% of its rare earth imports. New Chinese restrictions on exports of the key minerals ...

Which are the heaviest metals on earth? And what are their uses? Discover the metal that ranks heaviest based on density and ...

There are 17 rare earth elements (REEs) in all — 15 lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium. It's a fairly diverse group, with ...

Interdisciplinary Nanotoxicity Center, Department of Chemistry, Physics and Atmospheric Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217, United States ...

Here we provide an overview of these measures for coordination complexes of metals from the d-block of the periodic table and thus establish guidelines ... can still be made in the field of ...

The faster we move away from fossil fuels, the more desperately we will need these metals and other so-called critical minerals. In an ambitious energy transition, global demand for them will ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the global race to extract critical minerals for the clean energy transition. TThe world is on the brink of a ...

The materials include base metals aluminium, copper and nickel, along with key battery material lithium and rare earth elements used in permanent magnets for wind turbines or in electric vehicles.

Some of the world’s biggest energy traders are making waves in global metals markets by taking positions so large that they prompted questions from the London Metal Exchange. Vitol Group and ...

You have to try." Following a further launch next year, the company plans to develop ways to mine near-Earth asteroids for the valuable, concentrated metals some contain – particularly the ...