Proposed Nebraska mine might produce more rare elements
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The company working to build a mine in southeast Nebraska to extract...
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The company working to build a mine in southeast Nebraska to extract...
It could produce key ingredients needed to make powerful magnets used in electric vehicles.
It could produce key ingredients needed to make powerful magnets used in electric vehicles.
The company working to build a mine in southeast Nebraska to extract a rare element used to make steel lighter and stronger said Tuesday that it may also be able to produce some of the key ingredients needed to make the powerful magnets used in electric vehicles and other high-tech products. NioCorp Developments released a…
Will California’s Desert Be Transformed Into Lithium Valley? A swing set stands alone in the Salton Sea. State officials are helping fund experimental projects to extract valuable lithium from the lake’s brine. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters ### California’s desert is littered with remnants of broken dreams — hidden ghost towns, abandoned mines and rusty remains of someone’s Big Idea. But nothing looms larger on an abandoned landscape than the Salton Sea, which languishes in an overlooked corner of the state. The water shimmers and broils in the desert like a rebuke: born of...