REE
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Great Deposits
Mountain Pass: America’s Once and Future Rare Earth King
Mountain Pass, California once produced the majority of the world’s Rare Earth Elements (REEs). The 2002 closure of the mine…
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Knowledge Base
In-situ leaching: a cleaner, greener, cheaper way to mine
Industrial mining is the foundation of modern society, everything that isn’t grown as a crop is ultimately derived from minerals…
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Deposits and Projects
Australia: The Next Frontier in Rare Earths
By now, you’ve probably heard of China’s dominance in the production of strategically important rare earth elements (REEs). Recently Australia…
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Deposit Types
MIAC: the next big thing in Mineral Deposits?
Deposit models are the cornerstone of economic geology. They help us classify, understand, and find mineral deposits. Some deposits, however,…
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Deposit Types
Carbonatite Rare Earth Elements Deposits
Introduction Carbonatites are a special group of carbonate-rich igneous rocks and the world’s primary source of rare earth elements (REE),…
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Popular Geology and News
Are Perovskites the Future of Solar?
In the search for clean energy to power a post-combustion world, one is constantly reminded of the massive energy source…
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Popular Geology and News
Metals and Electric Cars – A Revolution in the Making
There’s a revolution going on in the auto industry right now. Tesla, Inc. has proven demand for electric vehicles (EV’s) and…
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Prospects and Projects
Rare Earth Metals in Ireland’s Mourne Mountain a Geologic Puzzle
The Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland’s tallest peaks, are an area of outstanding natural beauty. Plans to turn the Mourne’s into a…
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Mining Company News Reviews
Quest Minerals Riding Rare Earth Boulder Train at Misery Lake
At Misery Lake, they have a very large and conveniently bullseye shaped REE target to explore while they figure out how to…
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Commodities
Rare Earth Elements
There are 17 rare earth elements or REE for short. They include the 15 lanthanides, plus scandium (Sc) and yttrium…
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