#Microbes could extract the #metal needed for cleantech
Demand for nickel, copper, and #rareearth elements is increasing amid explosive growth of metal-intensive data centers, EV, and renewable energy projects. But producing metals is becoming harder and more expensive because miners have already exploited the best resources. Allonnia’s broth is one of a number of ways that #biotechnology could help miners squeeze more metal out of aging #mines.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/03/1132047/microbes-extract-metal-cleantech/
https://archive.ph/wlUb9
#RareEarth
Ted Tocks Covers
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
Originally posted on January 18, 2019.
On this day 65 years ago, The Temptations auditioned successfully and were signed to the Motown label.
“Talking about saving souls and all the time leechin'
Dealing in dirt, and stealing in the name of the Lord.”
#TheUndisputedTruth #TheTemptations #NormanWhitfield #davidlindley #RareEarth
"Indiana Wants Me" is a song written, composed, and originally recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter #RDeanTaylor. It was released on the #RareEarth label, a subsidiary of #Motown Records, in 1970, and was a top ten hit in both the US and UK. In #Cashbox magazine, the single hit #1. The song spent two weeks at #2 in Canada. The song is written from the viewpoint of someone who has killed a man out of defending his wife's honor; he is missing his family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZL_tZxyBDo
For example:
- #Chinese servers on Aegis #warships were removed due to reported #TrojanHorse(s): #chips in automated systems activated when China sends #malicious malware
- Pentagon removed #Chinese #RareEarth #magnets from America’s most sophisticated aircraft the #F-35
- Concerned #software attached to them could “phone home” for damaging code
- While other magnets were made to fail.
#HybridWar #malware #CyberSecurity
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#ZeroWasteAotearoa - Mine #EWaste for #gold, not beautiful landscapes
February 16, 2026
"As a fast-track consent is sought for a major gold mine in #CentralOtago and another has already been granted in #Coromandel, #ZeroWaste #Aotearoa is calling upon the government to mine #ElectronicWaste, not beautiful landscapes, for gold and other precious metals.
"E-waste contains a significant concentration of gold, with one metric tonne of electronic waste containing up to 800 times more gold than a tonne of mined ore. While precious metals (including gold, silver, copper) make up approximately 60% of the composition of some e-waste, gold specifically is highly concentrated, with a single tonne of circuit boards containing roughly 39 grams of gold.
"#NewZealand currently generates 99,000 tonnes of e-waste every single year. Approximately 98 percent ends up in landfill or is disposed of illegally, according to the Ministry for the Environment.
" 'At present the voluntary product stewardship scheme means that we have one of the lowest rates of e-waste recovery in the world. We are literally throwing gold away into landfills while proposing to dig it up elsewhere in some of the country’s most beautiful landscapes. It is the height of madness,' says Sue Coutts of Zero Waste Aotearoa.
" 'Like many people across the country, we are gravely concerned about the environmental impact of gold mining. We think that there are much better ways to get these valuable resources – and ensure that they stay in circulation forever, not dumped in landfills.'
" 'The World Gold Council says that only 7% of gold is used in tech but 27% of worldwide gold production is already from recycling. This is more than 4 times what we need for tech – there is no valid reason to dig up any more of our precious #ecosystems.'
" '#ProductStewardship would create a pathway for a new industry: one built on resource recovery of valuable materials and a #CircularEconomy.
"NZ company #MINTInnovation relocated to #Sydney because they could tap into flows of e-waste from extended producer responsibility schemes that collect electronic waste in #Australia .
"They chose not to invest in NZ because there is no regulated e-waste scheme here. That’s $60m in turnover that will be dropping into the Australian economy every year instead of ours.
"E-waste was declared a priority product in June 2020 requiring the establishment of a regulated product stewardship scheme under the #WasteMinimisationAct. Yet six years on, a mandatory scheme is not in place and no further work is being done.
"Electronic waste, or e-waste, includes discarded electronic devices such as smartphones, computers, and televisions. E-waste is a rich source of precious metals and #RareEarth elements, including gold, #silver, #platinum, and #palladium, used in #CircuitBoards and components."
Source:
https://zerowaste.co.nz/media-statement-mine-e-waste-for-gold-not-beautiful-landscapes/
#SolarPunkSunday #NoGoldMining #EWasteRecycling #MetalsExtraction #Electronics
The global Gadolinium Oxysulfide market was valued at USD 85.2M in 2023 and is projected to reach USD 132.7M by 2030, growing at a 6.5% CAGR. Rising demand in medical imaging, X-ray detectors, and advanced display technologies is driving market growth.
Read more:
🔗 https://www.24chemicalresearch.com/reports/298508/global-gadolinium-oxysulfide-forecast-market-2024-2030-964
🔗 https://www.24chemicalresearch.com/download-sample/298508/global-gadolinium-oxysulfide-forecast-market-2024-2030-964
"Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) ... is building North America’s first fully integrated ... rare earth processing facility..."
#REE #Rareearth 🧪⚒️
2) Donald Trump issued repeated threats to annex Greenland, declaring the resource-rich Arctic island essential to US national security. Greenland's leaders and its 57,000 residents firmly rejected the idea, asserting their right to self-determination. The controversy has strained US-Danish relations and thrown a spotlight on the Arctic's growing geopolitical significance.
#Greenland #Trump #Sovereignty #USPolicy #Denmark #ArcticGeopolitics #RareEarth #Rorshok #ArcticUpdate
Heute Abend in Ratzeburg #ratzeburg #vhs #selteneerden #rareearth #technology #chemie #china
Rare Earth hypothesis but most planets with suitable conditions have mould on them.
Glorious for some, irritating for most.
Most people who use AI are abstracted away from the costs, one way or another— part of it is proximity bias.
It's a complicated infrastructure around AI. But we need to look at it from a systems level.
There isn't a lot of data. I imagine this is by design. But someone, somewhere, has estimates and projections... or they wouldn't be building more data centers.
https://knowprose.com/2026/02/ai-infrastructure-and-the-cost-of-scale/
#ai #vibe #systems #infrastructure #electricity #rareearth #water
Meet a #US #startup trying to break #China's #rareearth monopoly
There is too little money to be made in #rareearths for the elements to be of much interest to #mining giants, so the challenge of reestablishing a domestic industry has fallen to small companies like #PhoenixTailings, a Boston-area startup that runs the metal-making plant in Exeter, New Hampshire.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/meet-a-us-startup-trying-to-break-china-s-rare-earth-monopoly/ar-AA1Tg7cD
@ScienceNewsroom_UG @universityofgroningen @ethzurich
Does this imply that the #RareEarth and #RareSun hypothesis is real?
Further this is based on the principle of life as we know it. It is probable that life need not be based on carbon-phosphorus-nitrogen. It might be based on some other chemical trinity.
#Space, #universe, #astrobiology, #exolife, #planets, #planet
South Korea unveils a comprehensive strategy to secure rare earth supply chains vital for semiconductors and electric vehicles, boosting resource diplomacy, public-private cooperation, and domestic production to strengthen national competitiveness and industrial security.
#YonhapInfomax
#RareEarth #SupplyChain #MinistryOfTradeIndustryAndEnergy #Semiconductors #ElectricVehicles
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=104046
#SelteneErden: US 🇺🇸 -Regierung investiert in Rohstoffreserven | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Seltene-Erden-US-Regierung-investiert-in-Rohstoffreserven-11163268.html #DonaldTrump #RareEarth #RareEarthElements
Japan retrieves rare earth-rich mud from seabed to lower reliance on China
TOKYO (AP) — Japan said Monday it has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #China #CriticalMinerals #Japan #Minamitorishima #rareearth #SANAETAKAICHI #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/382744/
US rare earth mining stocks soared after the Trump administration announced a $12 billion plan to stockpile critical minerals, boosting shares of MP Materials and others.
#YonhapInfomax #RareEarth #MPMaterials #CriticalMinerals #Stockpile #TrumpAdministration #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=103433
Trump launches $12 billion minerals stockpile to counter China
Trump is set to launch a strategic critical minerals stockpile with $12 billion in seed money, marking the US' latest attempt to offset what policymakers view as Chinese manipulation of prices for lithium, nickel, rare earths and other critical minerals. #donaldtrump #unitedstates #china #rareearth #nickel #lithium #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from…
https://fllics.com/en/video/trump-launches-12-billion-minerals-stockpile-to-counter-china/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Rare Earth:
🎵 I Just Want To Celebrate
https://motowngold.bandcamp.com/track/i-just-want-to-celebrate
A Shift for #NOAA’s Surveys: From #Science to #Mining
A $20 million agency project will aid companies prospecting the sea for #rareearth elements.
NOAA is shifting from science to prospecting as it surveys a region of the #Pacific #Ocean to help private companies find mineral deposits buried on the ocean floor.
Commercial seabed mining has not yet started and conservation groups and scientists warn it could significantly damage marine environments.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/climate/noaa-deep-sea-mining.html
https://archive.ph/nj75o
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