Jamaican and Japanese officials on Monday launched a pilot project designed to investigate whether rare earth elements can be commercially extracted from the island's bauxite waste.
Researchers with Japan's Nippon Light Metal Co. Ltd. believe they have found high concentrations of rare earth elements in the island's red mud, a byproduct of bauxite refining into alumina, the basic material for manufacturing aluminum.
During the pilot project, researchers from the two countries will
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