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Chemistry World May 27, 2015 Jonathan Midgley	Collaboration reduces barriers to rare earth separation As part of ongoing research into critical metal reuse and recycling, chemical engineers have teamed up with chemists to develop a simple photochemical method for separating vital rare earth metals, europium and yttrium.
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Chemistry World January 13, 2015 James Urquhart	Fish sperm spawns rare earth metal recycling idea As strange as it sounds, fish sperm could be a key ingredient for extracting and recycling rare earth elements from ore and materials such as magnets and electronic waste.
Chemistry World January 6, 2014 Simon Hadlington	Rare element substitution a tricky proposition Efforts to develop substitute technologies that do not rely on rare metals are ongoing, and governments around the world are mobilizing resources towards the problem.
Chemistry World May 17, 2011 Meera Senthilingam	UK report calls for new approach to strategic metals The UK will need to secure supplies of strategic metals or future economic growth will be put at risk, a Science and Technology Committee report warns.
Chemistry World May 20, 2010 Andy Extance	Prepare to lose metals, says UN group Supplies of speciality metals like lithium, neodymium and indium could become restricted unless recycling rates improve.
Chemistry World May 20, 2013 Jessica Cocker	Taking the shine off Painting restoration could be yet another application for ionic liquids, new research shows. The work paves the way to safer procedures for cleaning paintings.
IEEE Spectrum January 2010 Willie D. Jones	The Rare-Earth-Metal Bottleneck China produces most of the world's rare earth metals, and soon it will need all that it produces
Chemistry World January 2011	Critical thinking The west relies on China to supply rare earths, but as China's domestic demand grows, alternatives are desperately required. As our supply of some essential elements dries up, it's time to start urban mining.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2011 Travis Hoium	Molycorp Gets Charged Up Molycorp joins a venture that will make the world's most powerful magnets.
Chemistry World May 27, 2015 Emma Stephen	ZIF-8 disrupts ionic liquid deep freeze Researchers from Japan have combined an ionic liquid with a metal -- organic framework to produce an unusual material that retains its conductivity below -- 20 C.
Chemistry World February 16, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Surprise Discovery That Ionic Liquids Can be Distilled Green solvents are now easier to recycle and purify, following the discovery that ionic liquids are volatile and can be distilled.
Chemistry World November 18, 2014	Rare: the high-stakes race to satisfy our need for the scarcest metals on earth This book talks about the rare earth metals that are used in many technologies, and the politics surrounding them.
BusinessWeek January 6, 2011 J. Clenfield et al.	Rare Earths from Japan's Junk Pile Hitachi and other companies are mining discarded appliances to try and make up for dwindling exports from China
The Motley Fool October 18, 2010 Travis Hoium	Molycorp Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of Molycorp rose 10% in intraday trading Monday, continuing a three-month run for the company that develops rare-earth elements.
Chemistry World July 12, 2013 Matthew Smith	Cobalt redox couple boosts thermoelectric cells Scientists in Australia have improved a technology that recycles waste heat into useable energy by using ionic liquids containing cobalt redox couples as the electrolytes in thermoelectric cells.
Chemistry World August 27, 2014 James Urquhart	First ionic liquid made from plant waste Ionic liquids -- salts that are liquid at room temperature -- could potentially be made more cheaply and greenly by recycling by-products from biofuel production processes, according to US researchers.
Chemistry World March 27, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Sewage offers attractive source of precious metals Sewage sludge from water treatment plants contains precious metals like gold, silver and platinum, as well as industrial metals such as copper and zinc, researchers at the US Geological Survey have found.
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Chemistry World May 2, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Ionic Liquids' Etch-A-Sketch Surprise UK chemists have discovered how to draw and erase pictures on the surfaces of ionic liquids.
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Chemistry World January 17, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Molecular Magnets of Mystery Researchers have discovered a new class of molecular magnets which work above room temperature. But why the magnets work, and what their structures are, remains a perplexing mystery.
Chemistry World May 18, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Rocket fuel goes green with ionic liquids Military researchers in the US have developed a novel 'green' rocket fuel whose constituents are less corrosive and toxic than those used in conventional propellant systems.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2011 Travis Hoium	Molycorp Is Still Flying High High rare-earth oxide and metal prices shoot Molycorp to a nice profit.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2011 Dan Dzombak	Get Out of These "Rare-Earth" Companies These stocks have been bid up on rare-earth hype, yet there's nothing rare about their earths.
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Chemistry World August 1, 2014 Emma Stoye	Ants mix up ionic liquid The first naturally occurring ionic liquid has been discovered by researchers in the US, formed by warring ants who mix their own venom with that from a rival species.
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National Defense October 2009 Jean & Erwin	Cleaner, More Efficient Method for Capturing CO2 Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a screening method that would use ionic liquids -- a special type of molten salt that becomes liquid under the boiling point of water -- to separate carbon dioxide from its source.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2007 Rich Duprey	Schnitzer Steel's Dull Metal Profits slide, affecting most segments of the scrap metal recycler. That these metals seem to be on the retreat now may mean that the cycle is on the wane, and there may be a time when an investor can get in on Schnitzer at a lower price.
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Chemistry World December 23, 2015 Richard Massey	Green rocket fuel breaks records Chinese scientists have developed a new family of safer chemical propellants with the shortest ignition times and lowest viscosities of any ionic fluid rocket fuels to date.
Chemistry World September 30, 2008 Michael Gross	Cracking Wood Gently German scientists have combined ionic liquids and solid catalysts to gently break down the cellulose in wood and inedible plant material, easing the crucial first stage in converting waste biomass to fuels or feedstock chemicals.
Chemistry World June 28, 2013 Helen Potter	Ionic liquid formulation improves herbicide Scientists in Poland and the US have reformulated the herbicide dicamba to reduce its environmental impact.
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