Rare Earth Top Stories

Carmakers have blind spot for lithium, cobalt, nickel prices

New research report has a warning for electric carmakers about the direction of battery prices without incentives to build new mines.

Frik Els | December 2, 2020 | 12:20 pm

EU to secure access to 30 critical raw materials

The European Raw Materials Alliance will focus on increasing domestic…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2020 | 3:58 am

MP Materials profit surges in first results post listing

Surge comes days after the US rare earths miner went…

Reuters | November 23, 2020 | 1:46 pm

Rock-mining bacteria could support human presence in space

Experiments on the International Space Station show that bacteria could…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 12, 2020 | 6:26 am

Search and USA Rare Earth join to advance critical minerals development

The companies have critical rare earth element projects in the…

MINING.com Editor | November 10, 2020 | 3:29 pm

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How Biden’s win affects commodities hit by trade wars, tariffs

From steel and aluminum tariffs to boosting exports of liquefied natural gas, very few corners of the global commodities market eluded Donald Trump’s attention.

Bloomberg News | November 9, 2020 | 9:05 am

Hudson completes exploration at Greenland niobium project

The Canadian miner says the project has historically provided some of the highest-grade niobium assays in the industry.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 9, 2020 | 6:15 am

Australia tells the world it is open for business when it comes to critical minerals

The Australian Critical Minerals Prospectus states that the country has a commercial opportunity to build competitive critical minerals export markets.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | November 8, 2020 | 7:30 am

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

China to expand ban on Australian imports to copper; Rio Tinto closes Argyle diamond mine after 37 years; Tanzania finalizing permit for its first rare earth mine

MINING.com Editor | November 6, 2020 | 10:23 am

Tanzania finalizing permit for its first rare earth mine

The East African nation plans to increase mineral earnings by at least a third during the next three years.

Bloomberg News | November 5, 2020 | 8:15 am

Australian Strategic Materials acquires Korean JV partner

The Western Australia-based company is now the main shareholder at Ziron Tech.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 4, 2020 | 6:20 am

Rainbow, Bosveld to develop SA rare earths project

The Phalaborwa rare earths project contains about 35 million tonnes of gypsum resulting from historic phosphate hard rock mining.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 3, 2020 | 10:10 am

Biden campaign tells miners it supports domestic production of EV metals

Biden supports bipartisan efforts to foster a domestic supply chain for lithium, copper, rare earths, nickel and other strategic materials.

Reuters | October 23, 2020 | 9:04 am

Lynas posts 8% jump in rare earth output as covid-19 curbs ease

Lynas said a NdPr production rate of 75% is enough to meet demand.

Reuters | October 21, 2020 | 8:59 am

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