rare earth
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“No one had made a separated heavy rare earth outside of China in 20 years,” said Amanda Lacaze, Lynas’s chief executive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Last month, Lynas began producing samarium oxide, a difficult-to-source rare earth in high military demand that is used in heat-resistant magnets for jet fighters and missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Smaller quantities of other separated heavy rare earth oxides like dysprosium, terbium and samarium are sold in 25-kilogramme tins.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
“The Western rare earth sector stands at a critical inflection point, as governments and strategic industries urgently seek reliable sources of critical rare earths — particularly scarce heavy rare earths.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026
In 1797 Ekeberg showed that gadolinite contained another rare earth, which was given the name yttria.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
