One of these is used in Canada's first rare earth mine. It uses...

One of these is used in Canada's first rare earth mine. It uses X-rays and pneumatics to sort ore that is dropped into bags and carted away on pallets. The machine actually had better than expected results. Very suitable to a dry environment. The locals are on board with it as it provides them work without creating an environmental disaster.

https://www.tomra.com/-/media/project/tomra/tomra/solutions/mining/products/com-xrt-2_0/documentation/tsmi_ps_com-xrt-20_210701-doublepage.pdf







On the refining side, Ucore are making a plant that takes 1/3 the footprint of existing plants for the same results.
https://www.akbizmag.com/industry/mining/ucore-scales-up-demonstration-plant-for-rare-earth-separation/

Reetec developed an environmentally-friendly process for refining rare earths.
https://www.reetec.no/secreets

Reetec have an agreement to supply Schaeffler, which supplies the auto market. The process from decoupling from China is already underway, you don't have to wait for China to do anything, although if they do, REE prices will obviously increase. They've made their stance clear already. The west cannot depend on them.

I'm just grateful to the west for being morons and giving me a 2nd chance at something like LYC again, all these years later. The game is much more serious now. The potential is huge.