Massive rare earths elements deposit confirmed in Wyoming: Metals to be used in magnetics and high-tech aluminum alloys

Freightwaves ^ | 07/11/2025 | John Paul Hampstead

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Having the ore isn’t the problem.

Refining it is the problem, because it generates so much toxic waste.

That’s why China does most of the refining, because they don’t worry about silly things like generating toxic waste.

[piasa]

U.S. Strengthens Its Rare Earth Supply Chain With New Processing Plant
oilprice.com ^ | 6/11/2020
Posted on 6/14/2020, 10:00:38 PM by bitt

USA Rare Earth, the funding and development partner of the Round Top heavy rare earth project and Texas Mineral Resources announced Thursday that its rare earths pilot plant processing facility in Wheat Ridge, Colorado has received the required permits and officially opened.

Once fully commissioned, the plant will be focused on group separation of rare earths into heavy (dysprosium, terbium), middle, and light (neodymium, praseodymium) rare earths (REE’s) and will be the first facility to separate the full range of rare earth elements in the US since 1999.

USA Rare Earth’s pilot plant is the second link in a 100% US-based rare earth oxide supply chain, drawing on feedstock from its Round Top deposit.

The final phase of the pilot work will be the further separation of high-purity individual REE compounds. The pilot plant will also be focused on the recovery of non-REEs focusing on lithium, uranium, beryllium, gallium, zirconium, hafnium, and aluminum, all of which are on the US Government Critical Minerals List.

Confirming the recovery of these critical non-REEs will support upgrading the measured and indicated resources to proven and probable reserves (with no in-fill drilling required), and completion of the Preliminary Feasibility Study (PFS) for the Round Top project, the company said.

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[CFW]

Ramaco Resources (METC) stock was up approx $4.00 Thursday. It closed basically unchanged on Friday but went up over $2 in after-hours trading at $18.80. We bought shares a couple years ago when news of the mine started making headlines. It’s nice to see the price run-up.

[TLI]

How long before some bammie appointed judge-thing declarers it off limits due to the just-discovered (therefore highly endangered) african-american homosexual polka-doted sand flea?

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[SaveFerris]

[Massive rare earths elements deposit confirmed in Wyoming:]

Get ready.

[Ezekiel]

The company, headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, had been primarily focused on coal mining in Appalachia.

There's always a movie.

"This weekend, I'm off to Appalachia to study regional colloquialisms among the coal mining community."

~ Dr. Poole

[ronnie raygun]

Under the guise of environmental safety and protection these criminal politicians and thier donors have been trolling the world and purchasing them with thier names and bank accounts on it

[Omnivore-Dan]

This is very good news. Another step forward to terminate our dependence on China. I’ve also read that there is supposed to be a large deposit of lithium in the Salton Sea area.

[jerod]

Exactly... Like... Where are they going to find enough child laborer’s to dig this stuff up with? Doh!

Mining in China is so much easier.

[BobL]

“The Brook Mine’s potential to support 3-5% of the U.S.’s total permanent magnet demand is a crucial development in shifting the nation’s supply chain dynamics.”

At 3% to 5%, I guess it’s better than nothing but the question is how far will the Democrat judges allow it proceed.

[trebb]

We can develop safe ways to refine them - they are too critical for us to rely on others for them.

[sasquatch]

It's been a long time but I recall Wheat Ridge as a residential area of Denver??

[dforest]

I hope this was found in a very remote area or they will need a flood or fires to get people out of the way./s

[Starboard]

“That’s why China does most of the refining, because they don’t worry about silly things like generating toxic waste.”

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Nor reclamation costs either I would imagine.

[dfwgator]

I just want to celebrate.

[SaveFerris]

Yeah Yeah

[FlingWingFlyer]

We need to keep liberals out of Wyoming at all costs or they’ll be selling this to the Red Chinese.

[wny]

It typically takes about 15 years from discovery to an operaing mine. If they’re at the PEA stage, a mine is 10 years away at least. That’s before lawsuits and idiot judges are considered. So it’s probably 20 years away if it ever happens.

[USA-FRANCE]

“Having the ore isn’t the problem.
Refining it is the problem, because it generates so much toxic waste.
That’s why China does most of the refining, because they don’t worry about silly things like generating toxic waste.”

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Indeed.