Kiruna, Sweden — Iron-ore miner LKAB said Thursday that it has identified "significant deposits" of rare earth elements in Arctic Sweden that are essential for the manufacture of electric...

Like the rest of the European Union, Sweden gets nearly all its rare-earth supply from China. Jackie Northam/NPR. A loader on display at the LKAB visitors center …

1/3. A discovery of rare-earth elements in the north of Sweden represents the single-largest find ever in Europe, mining company LKAB said. Image courtesy of LKAB. Jan. 12 (UPI) -- While it could ...

1x 1.5x 1.8x. Swedish state-owned mining company, LKAB, on January 12 announced that it has discovered more than one million tonnes of rare earth oxides in the northern area of the country. This is the largest known deposit in Europe, the company added. During a press conference, also attended by Sweden's Energy Minister Ebba …

A Swedish government-owned iron ore mining company says it has identified "significant deposits" of rare earth elements in Arctic Sweden that are essential for the manufacture of electric vehicles and …

The Swedish company found a deposit of rare earth metals exceeding 1 million tons of rare earth oxides. "This is the largest known deposit of rare earth elements in our part of the world, and it could become a significant building block for producing the critical raw materials that are absolutely crucial to enable the green transition," said ...

The Swedish state-owned mining company LKAB says it has identified significant deposits of rare earth metals that are needed for electric cars and wind turbines, among other things. Mining on a larger scale will potentially first be possible in several years' time. After successful exploration, LKAB reports mineral resources of…

Swedish government-owned mine operator LKAB on Thursday announced the discovery of a major rare earth mineral deposit in the northern city of Kiruna, potentially significantly …

Swedish government-owned mine operator LKAB on Thursday announced the discovery of a major rare earth mineral deposit in the northern city of Kiruna, potentially significantly reducing reliance on China for electric vehicle components. The deposit, the largest such discovery in Europe, is equivalent to more than 1 million metric tons of rare …

Swedish state-owned mining company LKAB on Thursday (12 January) said it had identified more than 1 million tonnes of rare earth oxides in the Kiruna area in the far north of the country, the ...

Sweden says it found the largest deposit in Europe of rare earths — ingredients in a host of technologies from e-vehicles to wind turbines. Mining and …

Sweden has been called the "home of the rare earth elements", due to the fact that both the first light and the first heavy rare earth elements (LREE and HREE, respectively) were discovered here during the late 18th and …

Sweden's state-owned mining company LKAB says rare-earth elements could be produced as a byproduct of mining iron ore in its Kiruna mines. Photo: jonas ekstromer/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Sweden has known it has rare earths for a while. LKAB was aware of some rare-earth deposits in Sweden as far back as the 1960s as it was mining iron ore, says Laura Lauri, a field exploration ...

The Company owns of the world-class La Paz Rare-Earth Project, located 200 km northwest of Phoenix, Arizona and the Halleck Creek rare earth project in Wyoming, USA. La Paz is a large tonnage, bulk deposit, that is potentially the largest rare earth deposit in the USA and benefits from containing exceptionally low penalty …

The rare earth deposit is buried in Sweden's northernmost town, Kiruna. Our colleague Kim Mackrael traveled to this town in the Arctic Circle to check it out. Kim Mackrael: It's about 5:40.

LKAB. View 2 Images. Swedish government-owned mining company LKAB has reported the largest deposit of rare earth metals ever discovered in Europe – more than a million tonnes of rare earth ...

12 Jan 2023. Sweden's state-owned mining company says it has identified more than 1 million tonnes of rare earth minerals in the northern area of Kiruna. LKAB said on Thursday that the deposit ...

A Swedish mining company has discovered the largest deposit of rare earth elements, crucial to building electric vehicles. Swedish state-owned LKAB says the deposit can supply a "substantial part ...

A mining company owned by the Swedish government, Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag, or LKAB, said it found an estimated one million metric tons of rare-earth metals, Europe's largest such ...

Kiruna (Sweden) (AFP) – Europe's largest known deposit of rare earth elements, essential for the manufacturing of electric vehicles, has been discovered in Sweden's far north, boosting Europe's ...

Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals is located in the Kiruna area. January 12, 2023. LKAB has identified significant deposits of rare earth elements in the Kiruna area, metals which are essential for, among other applications, the manufacture of electric vehicles and wind turbines. Today, following successful exploration, LKAB are ...

30 Jan 2023 0. 4:20. Sweden and Turkey announced large discoveries of rare earth minerals this month. Sweden's discovery in particular could be a major step toward breaking Chinese dominance in the rare earth industry. Rare earth minerals are used in numerous high-tech products, notably including "green energy" systems and …

The company said it found the largest-known deposit of rare-earth metals in Europe. The discovery of the deposit, known as Per Geijer, comes as many European countries like Sweden try to develop ...

No rare earths are mined in Europe at the moment and a Swedish minister hailed the find as a way of reducing the EU's dependence on China. The discovery is also being seen as "decisive" for the ...

Like the rest of the European Union, Sweden gets nearly all its rare-earth supply from China. A loader on display at the LKAB visitors center 500 feet below …

Sweden locates rare earth deposits as Europe races against China. Rare earths now reach into the lives of almost everyone on the planet, in everything from hard drives to elevators and trains, and ...

Swedish government-owned mine operator LKAB on Thursday announced the discovery of a major rare earth mineral deposit in the northern city of Kiruna, …

These rare earth minerals are key components in everything from electric vehicle batteries to mobile phones to wind turbines. And the discovery of this deposit - just 30 kilometres from the Arctic ...

Swedish mining group LKAB said Thursday the newly-explored deposit, found right next to its iron ore mine, contained more than one million tonnes of rare earth oxides. "This is the largest known deposit of rare earth elements in our part of the world, and it could become a significant building block for producing the critical raw materials …