Rare earth metals are making headlines as demand rises for products from smartphones to wind turbines, and as governments ...

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelennskyy are set to sign a framework for the U.S. and Ukraine to ...

Two researchers who independently developed the neodymium magnet — used in everything from hard disk drives to automobiles — have been awarded the 44th Honda Prize. In 1982, two researchers ...

and scientific uses. These advances come at a cost, though, as the rare earth elements needed to make them are getting harder to come by. It’s not that rare earth elements like neodymium are all ...

Cerium is used in catalytic converters, which reduce combustion engine emissions. Neodymium and praseodymium are in demand for permanent magnets used in EV motors and wind turbines. They are not ...

Rare earth metals are making headlines as demand rises for products from smartphones to wind turbines, and as governments seek secure supply.