Potential future alternative resources for rare earth elements: Opportunities and challenges

V Balaram - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Currently, there is an increasing industrial demand for rare earth elements (REE) as these
elements are now integral to the manufacture of many carbon-neutral technologies. The …

Global rare earth element resources: A concise review

P Chen, ES Ilton, Z Wang, KM Rosso, X Zhang - Applied Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Deposits enriched in rare earth elements (REEs) are abundant and diverse in mineralogy,
but those of current economic value have extremely limited geographic distribution. Due to …

Rare earth elements plus yttrium (REY) in phosphorites from the Tébessa region (Eastern Algeria): Abundance, geochemical distribution through grain size fractions …

S Ferhaoui, R Kechiched, O Bruguier, R Sinisi… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements and yttrium (REY) have gained greater attention for being largely used
in various high-tech applications and green energies. Recently, supply shortage and high …

Controls of REY enrichment in the early Cambrian phosphorites

H Zhang, H Fan, H Wen, T Han, T Zhou, Y Xia - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements and Yttrium (REYs) are critical to the emerging high-tech and green-
energy industries, generating tremendous REY demand in recent decades. Recently, many …

[HTML][HTML] REE enrichment of phosphorites: An example of the Cambrian Georgina Basin of Australia

M Valetich, D Zivak, C Spandler, H Degeling… - Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phosphate-rich sedimentary rocks (phosphorites) host significant concentrations of rare
earth elements (REE, including Y) that are critical for development of 'green'technologies …

[HTML][HTML] Geological and geochemical evaluation of phosphorite deposits in northwestern Saudi Arabia as a possible source of trace and rare-earth elements

AH Ahmed, AA Aseri, KA Ali - Ore Geology Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sirhan-Turayf region in northwestern Saudi Arabia hosts one of the largest
Paleogene phosphate-bearing deposits in the Middle East and forms part of the world's …

The geochemical and economic significance of REE in the Upper Cretaceous-Eocene Tethyan phosphorites

H Baioumy, S Farouk - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
The importance of rare earth elements (REEs) in high-tech industries has triggered a global
struggle to find new resources. Sedimentary phosphorites are one of the major holders of …

Post-phosphogenesis processes and the natural beneficiation of phosphates: Geochemical evidence from the Moroccan High Atlas phosphate-rich sediments

R El Bamiki, M Séranne, F Parat, J Aubineau… - Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene sedimentary series of the High Atlas hosts
underexplored phosphate-rich sediments and presents an excellent example of how …

Geochemical Approach to Determine the Possible Precipitation Parameters of the Coniacian–Santonian Mazıdağı Phosphates, Mardin, Turkey

DY Gundogar, A Sasmaz - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Tethyan phosphates were formed during the Upper Cretaceous and Eocene interval as
a result of the collision of the African–Arabian and Eurasian plates and the closing of the …

Geotechnical characterization of phosphate mining waste materials for use in pavement construction

R Malaoui, MR Soltani, A Djellali, A Soukeur… - … , Technology & Applied …, 2023 - etasr.com
Waste rock materials are becoming widely used in road pavement and building
constructions in many countries. In this work, experimental laboratory tests were carried out …