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This 40-hectare site employs more than 300 people. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Industry , Employment , Rare Earths

Simplified: The 40-hectare site employs more than 300 people

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8 months ago
Significant amounts of chemicals are stored in cylindrical tanks, and give the facility a distinct smell that is similar to a freshly-cleaned hospital ward. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Industry , Chemicals , Environment

Simplified: Significant chemicals are stored in tanks giving the facility a distinct smell

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8 months ago
The room itself is about the size of a football pitch, and home to row after row of huge metal vats within which chemical reactions force the different rare earths apart. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Industry , Rare Earths , Manufacturing

Simplified: The room is about the size of a football pitch with rows of metal vats separating rare earths

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8 months ago
"The objective of the liquid separation unit will be to purify cerium on one side, lanthanum on the other side," explains production manager Florian Gouneau as we walk up a flight of metal stairs. 1.000

👤 Florian Gouneau 📋 News Article 🏷️ Science

Simplified: Liquid separation unit purifies cerium and lanthanum

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8 months ago
Employees load a truck with bags of rare earth concentrates at the Mountain Pass mine, operated by MP Materials, in Mountain Pass, California, U.S., on Friday, June 7, 2019. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Mining , Rare Earths , Industry

Simplified: Employees loaded a truck with rare earth concentrates Mountain Pass mine June 7 2019

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8 months ago
However we've been granted special access to one of the separation rooms that are a vital part of the closely-guarded know-how built up since this plant started operating in 1948. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Historical , Business

Simplified: Special access granted to separation room vital to know-how since 1948

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8 months ago
It requires approximately 1,500 processes, and given the unique capabilities of this facility, outsiders are rarely allowed in. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Science , Business

Simplified: Process requires 1500 processes outsiders are rarely allowed in

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8 months ago
This is due to concerns about rivals potentially gaining some of the knowledge that is currently otherwise concentrated in China. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Business , Geography

Simplified: Restricted access is due to rivals gaining knowledge concentrated in China

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8 months ago
It is a complex process to turn those materials into the powders that are the end product of this plant. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Science , Business

Simplified: Turning materials into powders is a complex process

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8 months ago
Projects in Norway and Sweden are amongst the most advanced, but its likely to be another decade before they are ready. 0.800

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Geography , Economics , Science

Simplified: Norway and Sweden projects are advanced but likely a decade from readiness

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8 months ago
"I think it's absolutely necessary to have our own mines, not necessarily a lot of them, because we can have a mix, but it's important to have our own sourcing," says Mr Kehren. 0.700

👤 Philippe Kehren 📋 News Article 🏷️ Business , Economics

Simplified: Kehren thinks own mines are necessary for sourcing

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8 months ago
There are no operational rare earth mines in Europe. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Geography , Economics , Science

Simplified: No operational rare earth mines exist in Europe

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8 months ago
Solvay CEO, Philippe Kehren, who is cutting the ribbon, says the facility aims to provide 30% of Europe's rare earths by 2030 0.900

👤 Philippe Kehren 📋 News Article 🏷️ Business , Economics , Science

Simplified: Facility aims to provide 30% of Europe's rare earths by 2030

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8 months ago
As demand continues to grow that will change, and more virgin material will be needed from countries such as Brazil, Canada and Australia. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Business , Environmental

Simplified: Growing demand will require more virgin rare earth material from Brazil Canada Australia

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8 months ago
"We think that we can probably produce 30% of the rare earths needed by Europe just by recycling end of life motors and other equipment," says Mr Kehren. 0.800

👤 Mr Kehren 📋 News Article 🏷️ Environmental , Business

Simplified: Mr Kehren says recycling end-of-life equipment can produce 30% of Europe's rare earth needs

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8 months ago
The increased investment in the facility comes as it is moving away from focusing on supplying rare earths for catalytic convertors, to instead focus on soaring demand for the magnets that are essenti... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Business , Technology

Simplified: Increased investment shifts facility focus from catalytic convertors to magnets for electric car batteries electronics defence systems

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8 months ago
Europe only has two rare earth processing facilities, one in Estonia and this one in western France. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Business , Geography

Simplified: Europe has two rare earth processing facilities one in Estonia one in western France

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8 months ago
It is the only plant outside of China that can process all 17 different rare earths. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Business , Geography

Simplified: Plant in western France is only plant outside China that can process all 17 rare earths

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8 months ago
It sets targets for reducing dependence on imports for the extraction, processing and recycling of the most important substances by 2030. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Regulation

Simplified: EU's Critical Raw Materials Act sets targets for reducing import dependence by 2030

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8 months ago
The Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine have made companies and politicians try to remove some of the vulnerabilities in their supply chains. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Geopolitics , Economics

Simplified: Covid pandemic and Ukraine war made companies and politicians try to remove supply chain vulnerabilities.

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8 months ago