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SUMMARY:All About Rare Earths
DESCRIPTION:\nProf Frances Wall\, Camborne School of Mines\, University of 
 Exeter\nRare earths\, a family of 17 elements\, are essential ingredients 
 in modern life and key to many digital and low carbon technologies. Their 
 magnetic and fluorescent properties have been used to create the technolog
 ies that drive electric cars\, generate electricity in wind turbines\, hel
 p store data and provide sound and colours in electronics\, create lasers\
 , catalyse chemical reactions\, and even clean ovens.\n\nDespite all these
  uses\, most applications of rare earths don’t need very much of them an
 d there are only a few rare earth mines in the world\, mostly in China. It
  is this importance and vulnerability to supply disruption if China closes
  its doors that put the rare earths at the "top of the class" of critical 
 minerals.\n\nChina was way ahead in recognising the opportunity of rare ea
 rth mining and manufacturing and the rest of the world is now playing catc
 h up. There are lots of different sorts of rare earth deposits though\, al
 l formed in different ways and with various advantages and disadvantages.\
 n\nThe race is on to bring more mines into production but producing rare e
 arths is challenging. It is not just about finding a deposit\, that is jus
 t the start. Sorting out how to process the minerals and then do the chemi
 stry to separate the rare earth element family from each other into produc
 ts for onward manufacturing is not for the feint hearted.\n\nThe talk will
  highlight all these aspects with examples and some case study stories.\nB
 iography\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Frances Wall is a Professor of Applied Mineral
 ogy at the Camborne School of Mines at the University of Exeter. She speci
 alises in technology raw materials\, especially the rare earth elements\, 
 lithium and cobalt needed for decarbonisation\, with interests in geology\
 , processing\, responsible sourcing and circular economy.\n\nProfessor Wal
 l was named one of the 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining 2016 and a
 warded the William Smith medal of the Geological Society of London for app
 lied and economic aspects of geology in 2019.\n\n\n
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