{"id":131079,"date":"2025-06-13T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=131079"},"modified":"2025-06-13T11:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:00:08","slug":"china-extracts-critical-mineral-rubidium-from-brine-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=131079","title":{"rendered":"China extracts critical mineral rubidium from brine for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists have achieved a breakthrough in the commercial extraction of the critical metal rubidium directly from salt lake brine, potentially slashing dependence on imports \u2013 mostly from Canada \u2013 that now supply two-thirds of China\u2019s needs.<br \/>\nThis industrial-scale method produces ultra-pure rubidium chloride from ultra-low concentrations, offering a new domestic source for this strategically vital material.<br \/>\nThe Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes (ISL) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3314305\/rare-metals-war-china-extracts-critical-mineral-rubidium-brine-first-time?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists have achieved a breakthrough in the commercial extraction of the critical metal rubidium directly from salt lake brine, potentially slashing dependence on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131079"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}