Rare-earth elements are embedded deep within much of today’s hardware stack, but the real bottleneck is no longer geological reserves – it is the industrial circuitry that converts ore and scrap into high-purity oxides and finished magnets. Smartphones, high-torque electric-vehicle motors, direct-drive wind turbines, and advanced medical imaging all rely…
The US is throwing big money at rare-earth tech, taking on China's dominance with new chemistry
