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$120 Million “Manhattan Project” To Avert Critical Materials Shortage

January 9th, 2013 | by Tina Casey

Dysprosium, terbium, europium, neodymium and yttrium: if you can’t pronounce them that’s okay, all you need to know is

Supply Risks for 16 Materials Key to Clean Energy Technologies

December 29th, 2011 | by Andrew

Rare earth metals and other raw materials are critical to continuing the transition to a clean energy economy. In its "2011 Critical Materials" report, the DOE identifies and assesses the importance of 16 key clean energy raw materials and plots them against supply risk over short and medium-term scenarios