How recycling could help power America's rare earth future

60 Minutes overtime. If we want to achieve supply chain security, maybe we don't actually have to be opening dozens of new rare earth mines. Maybe we could actually achieve rare earth and other critical mineral supply chain security just by cleaning up the waste that we already have.This week on 60 Minutes, we report on rare earths, a group of 17 metallic elements on the periodic table that are essential for so many modern technologies. From smartphones and laptops to wind turbines and fighter jets, they ma ...