New Chemistry Breakthrough Could Challenge China’s Rare Earth Dominance

Just as the U.S. faces depletion of the rare earth metals it needs to feed its military machine, REalloys Inc. (NASDAQ: ALOY), one of the key players in rebuilding America’s critical raw materials supply chain, says it has successfully demonstrated a new process for producing rare earth fluorides without hydrofluoric acid—one of the most hazardous chemicals traditionally used in rare earth processing. The breakthrough targets an urgent stage in the production of rare earth metals, the materials that ultimately feed the permanent magnets…