Silmet vs vereraha.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
October 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Silmet vs vereraha.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
🇪🇪 At Estonia’s request, the EU removed a Russian rare-earth metals supplier to Estonian firm Silmet from its new sanctions list, RFE/RL editor Rikard Jozwiak reports.
This comes after Usmanov and Fridman. Oh, #Estonia 🥲
This comes after Usmanov and Fridman. Oh, #Estonia 🥲
October 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🇪🇪 At Estonia’s request, the EU removed a Russian rare-earth metals supplier to Estonian firm Silmet from its new sanctions list, RFE/RL editor Rikard Jozwiak reports.
This comes after Usmanov and Fridman. Oh, #Estonia 🥲
This comes after Usmanov and Fridman. Oh, #Estonia 🥲
The Silmet plant in Estonia was once a major source of rare earths to the US. It is still producing them and just developed a process for heavy rare earths. They've also had a process for minimizing waste.
Seems like nobody has heard about them, though.
Seems like nobody has heard about them, though.
The Silmet Rare Earths Plant, Estonia
The tailings pond, with the Gulf of Finland behind, 1998 With today’s concerns about rare earths, I follow several geologists on Bluesky. I keep wondering why they (and others who write about rare …
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September 18, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The Silmet plant in Estonia was once a major source of rare earths to the US. It is still producing them and just developed a process for heavy rare earths. They've also had a process for minimizing waste.
Seems like nobody has heard about them, though.
Seems like nobody has heard about them, though.
Mul ei ole Äripäeva tellimust aga väidetavalt on alternatiivid olemas ja tuvastatud, kuid mitte paremad kui Venemaa?
Silmet otsib juba kümme aastat väljapääsu Vene toormest. “Alternatiiv on olemas, aga see ei pruugi meile meeldida”
Silmet otsib juba kümme aastat väljapääsu Vene toormest. “Alternatiiv on olemas, aga see ei pruugi meile meeldida”. Eesti palus jätta sanktsioonide alt välja Venemaa ettevõtte, mis tarnib muldmetalle ...
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October 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Mul ei ole Äripäeva tellimust aga väidetavalt on alternatiivid olemas ja tuvastatud, kuid mitte paremad kui Venemaa?
I'm happy to hear this! Back when they were Molycorp, they owned the Silmet rare-earth refining plant in Estonia, where I helped develop that no-waste refining process. I hoped they would bring it to Mountain Pass!
The unique thing about this mine is not just that it is producing ~15% of the world’s RE oxide BUT MP Materials is also refining them onsite in an extremely clean way with NO harmful byproducts or pollution.
I wish I could share photos but you could eat off the floor there!
I wish I could share photos but you could eat off the floor there!
April 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I'm happy to hear this! Back when they were Molycorp, they owned the Silmet rare-earth refining plant in Estonia, where I helped develop that no-waste refining process. I hoped they would bring it to Mountain Pass!
Sõda käib viiendat aastat ja siiani pole alternatiive leitud? Venemaal pole muldmetallide monopoli, kindlasti saab neid Hiinast.
www.err.ee/1610160232/e...
www.err.ee/1610160232/e...
EL jättis uuest sanktsioonipaketist Eesti palvel välja Silmetit varustava Vene firma
Euroopa Liidus kokkulepitud, kuid mitte veel kinnitatud Venemaa-vastaste sanktsioonide 22. paketist jäeti Eesti palvel välja Venemaa ettevõte, mis tarnib haruldasi muldmetalle Eesti ettevõttele Silmet...
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October 8, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Sõda käib viiendat aastat ja siiani pole alternatiive leitud? Venemaal pole muldmetallide monopoli, kindlasti saab neid Hiinast.
www.err.ee/1610160232/e...
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Eesti — Eesti valis Silmet strateegiliseks projektiks, et toetada tootmist teistest riikidest. #Eesti #Euroopa #Venemaalt #Euroopast #News
Eesti valis Silmet strateegiliseks projektiks toetamiseks
Eesti valis Silmet strateegiliseks projektiks, et toetada tootmist teistest riikidest. Silmet valiti Euroopa strateegiliste projektide nimekirja, mis võimaldab tehasele investeeringuteks toetusraha sa… · Photo : Giuseppe Milo (www.pixael.com) · CC BY · Flickr
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October 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Eesti — Eesti valis Silmet strateegiliseks projektiks, et toetada tootmist teistest riikidest. #Eesti #Euroopa #Venemaalt #Euroopast #News
…земельные металлы эстонскому Silmet.
October 7, 2026 at 6:56 PM
…земельные металлы эстонскому Silmet.
Muldmetallid pole tegelikult väga haruldased, aga nende töötlemise võimekus pole väga laialdane. Silmet on selle koha pealt meile väärtuslik vara.
I didn't know Estonia 🇪🇪 had so strong cards in tariff negotiations. What are the odds Trump knows where Estonia is? Kinda think the existence of it might be a suprise to him
May 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Muldmetallid pole tegelikult väga haruldased, aga nende töötlemise võimekus pole väga laialdane. Silmet on selle koha pealt meile väärtuslik vara.
BTW, for the ignoramuses now tearing up the government, developing that process for Silmet was funded by the US government. We engaged a mining engineering firm in Denver, so the money stayed in the US.
And we got a process that works better for critical minerals!
Win-win!
And we got a process that works better for critical minerals!
Win-win!
I'm happy to hear this! Back when they were Molycorp, they owned the Silmet rare-earth refining plant in Estonia, where I helped develop that no-waste refining process. I hoped they would bring it to Mountain Pass!
The unique thing about this mine is not just that it is producing ~15% of the world’s RE oxide BUT MP Materials is also refining them onsite in an extremely clean way with NO harmful byproducts or pollution.
I wish I could share photos but you could eat off the floor there!
I wish I could share photos but you could eat off the floor there!
April 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
BTW, for the ignoramuses now tearing up the government, developing that process for Silmet was funded by the US government. We engaged a mining engineering firm in Denver, so the money stayed in the US.
And we got a process that works better for critical minerals!
Win-win!
And we got a process that works better for critical minerals!
Win-win!
Sõda kestab VIIENDAT aastat ja Silmet pole tegelenud teise tarnija leidmisega?
October 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Sõda kestab VIIENDAT aastat ja Silmet pole tegelenud teise tarnija leidmisega?
in Narva-Jõesuu, the Silmet plant in Sillamäe, apartment buildings in Narva, and border infrastructure. VKG sold its electricity networks in mid-2022 to the company Baltcap, but the latter refused to purchase the network control center building, considering the nearly one million euro
March 4, 2026 at 10:37 AM
in Narva-Jõesuu, the Silmet plant in Sillamäe, apartment buildings in Narva, and border infrastructure. VKG sold its electricity networks in mid-2022 to the company Baltcap, but the latter refused to purchase the network control center building, considering the nearly one million euro
That's really a Nuclear Diner specialist post. But I put it on LGM too.
The Silmet Rare Earths Plant, Estonia - Lawyers, Guns & Money
This is really a Nuclear Diner post. It’s pretty specialized, for a specialized audience. But there are enough people who read stuff like it that I’m posting it here too. With today’s concerns about r...
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September 18, 2026 at 6:32 PM
That's really a Nuclear Diner specialist post. But I put it on LGM too.
Reminder to new users here:
The Silmet plant in Sillamäe, Estonia, refined uranium ore into yellowcake until the mid-1980s, when it was converted to rare earth products.
Its kilometer-long tailings pond was remediated in 2009, and the port there competes with Russia's Ust-Luga.
The Silmet plant in Sillamäe, Estonia, refined uranium ore into yellowcake until the mid-1980s, when it was converted to rare earth products.
Its kilometer-long tailings pond was remediated in 2009, and the port there competes with Russia's Ust-Luga.
Reminder to new users here:
Among the insect parasitic nematodes, infective juveniles in the genus Heterorhabditis mature to hermaphroditic adults, while those in Steinernema mature as male or female individually.
Among the insect parasitic nematodes, infective juveniles in the genus Heterorhabditis mature to hermaphroditic adults, while those in Steinernema mature as male or female individually.
Reminder to new users here:
Early Canon FD lenses are identifiable by their metal barrels and silver breech lock rings; later New FD or nFD lenses are all black without the breech lock rings and were built with more plastic, making them less solid but much lighter.
Early Canon FD lenses are identifiable by their metal barrels and silver breech lock rings; later New FD or nFD lenses are all black without the breech lock rings and were built with more plastic, making them less solid but much lighter.
February 7, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Reminder to new users here:
The Silmet plant in Sillamäe, Estonia, refined uranium ore into yellowcake until the mid-1980s, when it was converted to rare earth products.
Its kilometer-long tailings pond was remediated in 2009, and the port there competes with Russia's Ust-Luga.
The Silmet plant in Sillamäe, Estonia, refined uranium ore into yellowcake until the mid-1980s, when it was converted to rare earth products.
Its kilometer-long tailings pond was remediated in 2009, and the port there competes with Russia's Ust-Luga.
I'm pretty sure I have a process diagram of the Silmet process. The Mountain Pass refinery probably has changed it a bit.
April 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I'm pretty sure I have a process diagram of the Silmet process. The Mountain Pass refinery probably has changed it a bit.
ACTUALLY...
I happen to have worked with a rare-earth refining plant, Silmet, in Estonia. There is capacity there, and capacity coming in Mountain Pass, California, based on the Silmet plant.
And the process is not smelting.
I don't know why this doesn't get more press.
I happen to have worked with a rare-earth refining plant, Silmet, in Estonia. There is capacity there, and capacity coming in Mountain Pass, California, based on the Silmet plant.
And the process is not smelting.
I don't know why this doesn't get more press.
February 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
ACTUALLY...
I happen to have worked with a rare-earth refining plant, Silmet, in Estonia. There is capacity there, and capacity coming in Mountain Pass, California, based on the Silmet plant.
And the process is not smelting.
I don't know why this doesn't get more press.
I happen to have worked with a rare-earth refining plant, Silmet, in Estonia. There is capacity there, and capacity coming in Mountain Pass, California, based on the Silmet plant.
And the process is not smelting.
I don't know why this doesn't get more press.
Estonsko požádalo o vyřazení ruské firmy z 22. balíčku sankcí. Informovala o tom portál ERR Kerstin Lepik, tajemnice zastoupení této pobaltské republiky v Bruselu. Jedná se o společnost NPM Silmet
October 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Estonsko požádalo o vyřazení ruské firmy z 22. balíčku sankcí. Informovala o tom portál ERR Kerstin Lepik, tajemnice zastoupení této pobaltské republiky v Bruselu. Jedná se o společnost NPM Silmet
Tsahkna calls for deadline to end Silmet’s reliance on Russian raw materials #criticalrawmaterials #Estonia #sanctions
Tsahkna calls for deadline to end Silmet’s reliance on Russian raw materials
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said a deadline should be set for NPM Silmet to end its reliance on Russian raw materials, ERR reported. The company’s Silmet 2.0 development project was selected by the European Commission on Friday as one of 46 new strategic projects in the European Unio…
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October 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Tsahkna calls for deadline to end Silmet’s reliance on Russian raw materials #criticalrawmaterials #Estonia #sanctions
Have you seen the process at the Silmet plant in Estonia?
September 18, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Have you seen the process at the Silmet plant in Estonia?
I see you're researching critical minerals. If you ever are interested in the Silmet plant, producing rare earths in Estonia, I can probably help. I helped them with the cleanup of their tailings pond.
I love this photo. That big green area used to be the tailings pond.
I love this photo. That big green area used to be the tailings pond.
Tailings on the Baltic | Adventures in Nuclear Risk Reduction
In this video interview, Cheryl Rofer describes her experiences working on remediation in Sillamäe, Estonia.
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June 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I see you're researching critical minerals. If you ever are interested in the Silmet plant, producing rare earths in Estonia, I can probably help. I helped them with the cleanup of their tailings pond.
I love this photo. That big green area used to be the tailings pond.
I love this photo. That big green area used to be the tailings pond.
A mine and mill are being developed at Mountain Pass, California. The company owning them has experience with the Silmet plant in Estonia, where I worked with the management to introduce a low-waste refining process. I hope they are taking what we learned to the mill in California.
April 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
A mine and mill are being developed at Mountain Pass, California. The company owning them has experience with the Silmet plant in Estonia, where I worked with the management to introduce a low-waste refining process. I hope they are taking what we learned to the mill in California.
Russian supplier reportedly dropped from EU sanctions package at Estonia's request news.err.ee/1610160298/r...
Russian supplier reportedly dropped from EU sanctions package at Estonia's request
A Russian company supplying rare earths to Estonia's Silmet was reportedly removed from the European Union's proposed 22nd sanctions package at Estonia's request.
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October 8, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Russian supplier reportedly dropped from EU sanctions package at Estonia's request news.err.ee/1610160298/r...