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Posted on 07/18/2017 2:21:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
North Dakota coal companies are hoping to have a hand in solving the nation’s supply problem of rare earth elements.
Europium, dysprosium, erbium, terbium, neodymium, holmium, scandium, lutetium, and yttrium, are just a few of these valuable materials.
“They’re used in pretty much all of our modern electronics,” said Steve Benson, associate vice president for research at the Energy and Environmental Research Center in Grand Forks.
Magnets, hard drives, alloys, batteries, catalysts in cars, lasers, even coal’s cleaner energy cousins wind turbines and solar panels rely on rare earth elements - and could, in turn, rely on lignite coal.
And in the defense industry, these elements are needed for night vision goggles and hard coatings.
“That turns it into a national security issue,” said Benson. “That’s one of reasons there’s a lot of funding for this.”
Globally, rare earth elements make up a $7 trillion market.....
(Excerpt) Read more at bismarcktribune.com ...
unobtainium
I hope that North Dakota coal goes out once in awhile to have some fun.
All that studying could make it kind of boring.
You know, the coal could go out surfing or mountain climbing or whatever other recreational activities there are for coal in North Dakota.
Maybe a trip to Disneyworld?
“In China, they have an abundance of heavy rare earth elements and it’s easier for the country to extract and concentrate them.”
What they mean is that China doesn’t have to follow strict environmental or health and safety rules. If the greenies REALLY cared about “Mother Earth” they would promote mining in America where we do have strict regulations. I bet they might even be convinced that to promote mining we could reduce our regulations a bit. Going from 5 ppm to 10 ppm allowed here would reduce the 10,000 ppm getting dumped into Chinese rivers.
Underground abandoned burning coal mines in China are rampant due to their poor procedures. They churn out more CO2 in a year than all the cars and trucks in the U.S.
Yes - the headline is a bit odd. But no different than say “Big Oil looks at solar technology.” Hmm - I guess if they capitalized “Coal” that would have been more clear.
One of the byproducts of rare earth element extraction is Thorium which happens to be very useful as a nuclear power source.
Iirc, we heve large deposits in AK, KS, NE and now maybe ND. WOW.
That is a lot of re.
There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,
And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium,
And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium,
And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYW50F42ss8
Great song!
http://rareearthsalts.com/nebraska-find-challenge-chinas-dominance-vital-rare-minerals/
It sounds like things are progressing in Nebraska with that possible mine. In searching for it I came across a headline that said a Prius uses 30 POUNDS of RE elements.
You wanna play hide and seek with love, well let me wemind you (It's all wight) Elmer Fudd Band cover
unobtainium
You mean like a bill out of the Senate?
Where’s all the fly ash piles left over from burning North Dakota coal? Not incorporated as concrete filler, I hope.
The REE should be concentrated in the fly ash.
Someone came up with a new element that was totally inert. Govermentonium or something. It had 365 inert particles that made up the nucleus. Anyone remember the whole bit?
The United States has a well-known source of rare earths that remain untapped a decade after the island in southern Alaska was explored. While the Pentagon pushes for its mining, the state of Alaska stands in the way.
Nuclear power is great except in the eyes of the mental midgets.
Namely, the watermelons in this country and their political party.
Good post!
It was a great song back then. See if you remember this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc3sZ2vMTn8
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