tailings

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Many of the companies shaking up domestic metal refining are private, but are worth keeping an eye on, including Gadolyn and Phoenix Tailings, he added.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

Phoenix Tailings, a New England company that makes rare-earth metals and alloys used in magnets, opened a factory for rare-earth metals in Exeter, N.H., in recent days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Nick Myers, co-founder and chief executive of U.S.-based rare-earth metals production company Phoenix Tailings, suggested that China’s strongest weapon in its ”economic arsenal” is its “clear monopoly of the world’s metal processing.”

From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025

Information was drawn from the disclosures of publicly listed companies as part of the Mining and Tailings Safety Initiative, set up after the Brumadinho disaster.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023

Cyanide Charges, etc.—In assaying the "tailings" which are to be treated in a cyaniding plant the following charge is used: Tailings 3 assay tons or 100 grams.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius