U.S. Drones Scour for Rare Earths to End Reliance on China
Ohio-based Materion Corp. said in December that it’s teaming up with Canada’s Ucore Rare Metals Inc. to bid for a U.S. program to build a rare earth pilot processing plant. Ucore Chief Executive Officer Jim McKenzie said the U.S. Defense Department may fund more rare earth processing plants for weapons development.