Additionally, the high-temperature fabrication process of the material often leads to oxygen atom loss, creating positively charged "trap zones" that capture electrons. Liu's team addressed these ...

A recent article in Advanced Engineering Materials explores the development of aluminum-scandium (Al-Sc) alloys tailored for hydrogen storage valve applications. The study responds to growing demand ...

According to a report from TechNews, citing Tom’s Hardware, China has introduced new export restrictions on rare earth materials critical to RF (radio frequency) and storage applications—specifically ...

Scandium can be extracted from mine tailings, or as a by-product of mining for uranium or other metals. Baseball bats and bicycle frames may contain traces of scandium. Given its low density and ...

From fighter planes to nuclear reactor rods and smartphones, rare earth minerals are vital to a wide array of products. As geopolitical and trade tensions rise, China’s dominance of both mining ...

CENTENNIAL, CO / ACCESS Newswire / April 17, 2025 / NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:NB) today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public ...

Rare earths refer to 17 elements, including neodymium, yttrium, scandium, and dysprosium. These elements are not rare in the Earth’s crust, but the extraction and refining processes are complex ...

scandium, and yttrium. Since April 4, companies have needed to acquire special approval from China’s Commerce Ministry to export these elements at any stages of the supply chain ranging from raw ...

It noted, however, that monazite doesn't have significant quantities of scandium, another metal subject to Chinese export controls that is often considered a rare earth. The push to develop rare ...

But a new rare earths mine is years away from operating in the U.S. NioCorp estimates if all goes well with its fundraising, the site where it hopes to mine and process niobium, scandium ...