The potential environmental risks associated with the development of rare earth element production in Canada

X Yin, C Martineau, I Demers, N Basiliko… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
The development of rare earth element (REE) production in Canada could generate
significant economic benefits but also poses serious potential risks to the environment. Rare …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical properties of rare earth element nanoparticles and its application in electrochemical nanosensor for the …

NA Ferdiana, HH Bahti, D Kurnia, S Wyantuti - Sensing and Bio-Sensing …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The utilization of nanoparticles of rare earth elements (REEs) has gained considerable
interest and represents an advancement over micron-sized rare earth materials due to the …

Adsorption of rare earth elements in regolith-hosted clay deposits

AM Borst, MP Smith, AA Finch, G Estrade… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Global resources of heavy Rare Earth Elements (REE) are dominantly sourced from
Chinese regolith-hosted ion-adsorption deposits in which the REE are inferred to be weakly …

Controls on the dynamics of rare earth elements during subtropical hillslope processes and formation of regolith-hosted deposits

MYH Li, MF Zhou… - Economic Geology, 2020‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Subtropical weathering of granitic catchments in South China has led to the formation of
numerous giant regolith-hosted rare earth element (REE) deposits that currently account for …

Microorganisms accelerate REE mineralization in supergene environments

X Li, X Liang, H He, J Li, L Ma, W Tan… - Applied and …, 2022‏ - journals.asm.org
Exogenic deposits are an important source of rare earth elements (REEs), especially heavy
REEs (HREEs). It is generally accepted that microorganisms are able to dissolve minerals …

High-Grade REE accumulation in regolith: Insights from supergene alteration of an apatite-rich vein at the Kapunda Cu mine, South Australia

TG Bamforth, F **a, CJ Tiddy, I González-Álvarez… - Mineralium …, 2024‏ - Springer
The stratiform and vein-hosted Kapunda Cu deposit in South Australia contains a
saprolitized hydrothermal vein with 12.37 wt.% total rare earth oxide (TREO). The vein was …

Selective Leaching of Rare Earth Elements from Ion-Adsorption Rare Earth Tailings: A Synergy between CeO2 Reduction and Fe/Mn Stabilization

F Zhou, Y **ao, M Guo, Y Tang… - … Science & Technology, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
The increasing demand for rare earth elements (REEs) motivates the development of novel
strategies for cost-effective REE recovery from secondary sources, especially rare earth …

[HTML][HTML] Geochemical and REE mineralogical characteristics of the Zhaibei Granite in Jiangxi Province, southern China, and a model for the genesis of ion-adsorption …

Z Zhao, D Wang, L Bagas, Z Chen - Ore Geology Reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Zhaibei Granite in Jiangxi Province, southern China, hosts an ion-adsorption
light rare earth element (LREE) deposit. Recently, heavy REE (HREE) ores have also been …

Insight into leaching rare earth from ion-adsorption type rare earth ores with citric acid: Performance, kinetic analysis and differentiation leaching

M Zhao, Z Teng, X Ma, X Jiang, H Zhang, Y Yang… - Journal of Rare …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The rare earth elements (REEs) extraction by chemical leaching from ion-adsorption type
rare earth ores (IAREO) has led to serious ecological and environmental risks. Conversely …

Enrichment of rare earth elements during the weathering of alkaline igneous systems: insights from the Puxiong regolith-hosted rare earth element deposit, SW China

M Wang, MY Hei Li, MF Zhou, JX Zhou… - Economic …, 2024‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Regolith-hosted rare earth element (REE) deposits have been the focus of recent studies.
Most studies concern deposits formed over granites and felsic volcanic rocks, but little is …