A cleaner path to rare earth metals

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MIT alumnus Tomás Villalón Jr. describes how witnessing air pollution in Monterrey, Mexico, shaped his motivation to develop a cleaner approach to producing rare earth metals. The article connects metal-making pollution with efforts to reduce the environmental impact of mineral processing.

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