New rare earth mineral facility using new extraction technique set to open in South Africa

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(19 Apr 2026) RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Phalaborwa, South Africa - 3 September 2025 1. Wide of trucks operating at the Phalaborwa Rare Earths Project 2. Wheel loader lifting white sand 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alberto Bruttomesso, project director Rainbow Rare Earth: "We are treating phosphogypsum and then extracting rare earths. That's a first in the world. And that will be really good, I think a really nice thing for South Africa for us, because I mean that's it's us that did it.