rare earth metal

US wants to reclaim critical rare earth supply chain

On July 7, Energy Fuels Inc. made its first regular shipment of a rare earth carbonate called monazite from the United States to Europe.

The metal started in a mine in southern Georgia, then was shipped to a Utah processing plant and finally to a rare earth elements separation facility in Estonia.

The 20-ton shipment created a new U.S.-to-Europe rare earth supply chain, and is one of only two current U.S. operations producing and selling processed rare earth metals. 

“We didn’t even know we had a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-wants-to-reclaim-critical-rare-earth-supply-chain

Biden orders review of transportation sector

An executive order to be signed Wednesday by President Joe Biden includes a one-year review of transportation networks as well as a review of supply chains for four products considered critical in addressing national emergencies.

As FreightWaves reported earlier this month, Biden planned to use an executive order to make good on a campaign promise to review critical supply chains and reduce American dependence on imports for pandemic-related equipment and materials.

According to a fact sheet...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/biden-orders-review-of-transportation-sector

Protecting your claim: Security concerns for prospective space truckers (with video)

Fending off claim jumpers was a big problem for prospectors during the Gold Rush of 1849. Fast forward 175 years, and the trucking companies that decide to make a go of it in the lucrative near-Earth precious metal mining game may face the same problem.

“International law states that no one owns these new-space resources — you can’t plant a flag and say this asteroid is mine,” Denisa Scott, founder of NüsPrime Endeavors LLC, told FreightWaves Executive Publisher Kevin Hill during a SpaceWaves...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/protecting-your-claim-security-concerns-for-prospective-space-truckers-with-video