Could Wyoming supply the US with rare earth elements?
10 Jul 2022
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Beneath Wyoming’s surface lie a bounty of resources most of us haven’t thought about since high school chemistry.
None of the increasingly sought-after rare earth elements — neodymium, dysprosium, praseodymium, another dozen lanthanides and a couple of others — are household names. On the periodic table, they’re housed mostly in the block of outliers relegated to the place where Alaska and Hawaii sit on U.S. maps.
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Jul 4 2022GILLETTE (WNE) — Devils Tower National Monument had a record-breaking year in terms of visitors in 2021, and that translated into an increase in local revenue.
Visitors to Devils Tower spent nearly $40 million in the region in 2021.
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