Ramaco Resources Inc. said it found two more rare minerals at a ogles mine in Wyoming, kas it said is one of the largest deposits of rare earth elements in the U.S., according to a Dec. 6 report in the foreign press.
T retzemju raktuves koks-ogles ražotājs is izmeklēšana arī satur gallijs un germānijs, divi minerāli on kas Ķīna nesen uzlikts eksports kontrole, Randall Atkins, the company's chief executive officer, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Wednesday. The discovery of those materials could make the mine worth as $37 billion, he said.
"We have a lot of heavy magnetic elements and secondary elements, as well as two key materials that have re-nesen been baned by China, namely gallium and germanium," Atkins said. "It does satur diezgan a vērtīgs grozs of elementi."
In Jūlijs, Ķīna paziņots ierobežojumi on gallijs un germānija as daļa of a tit-for-tat tehnoloģija tirdzniecība karš ar the US un Eiropa. The Pentagons parakstīts tā pirmais līgums ar a U.S. or Kanādas uzņēmums to recycle gallium before the end of the year. Gallium is a mineral used in semiconductors and military radar systems. The Kentucky-based company has been in contact with the U.S. Department of Defence about the discovery, Atkins teica in an intervija ar Bloomberg News.
Atkins told investors he would't give a timetable for when the company would start production or processing rare earth elements. He said in a television interview Wednesday that Ramaco would spend 12 to 24 months analysis how to extract the mineralals.
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