Rio Tinto to open North America’s first scandium plant in JuneModular plant could initially supply 20% of global market for the critical mineral.Alisha Hiyate, Canadian Mining Journal | January 14, 2021 | 12:46 pm
Defense Metals to investigate Wicheeda REE mineralization upgradeThe miner wants to use XRT sorting to increase head-grade,…MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 14, 2021 | 6:15 am
USA Rare Earth outlines mine-to-magnet strategyThe vision is to create a secure supply of rare…Trish Saywell - The Northern Miner | January 8, 2021 | 6:38 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
Growing cesium demand reactivates Lilypad project Historical work focused on defining tantalum resources also identified widespread occurrences of cesium ore. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 15, 2020 | 6:35 am
Pensana Rare Earths looks into UK processing facility The projected production from Longonjo would be enough to supply the wind turbines at Dogger Bank. Reuters | October 12, 2020 | 12:29 pm
Scientists tap into new rare earths deposits An experiment turned in to a solution that helps better understand where ‘heavy’ and ‘light’ rare earths may be concentrated in and around carbonatite intrusions. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 11, 2020 | 6:54 am
Brazilian niobium miner CBMM eyes European car market CBMM will work with British high performance luxury automaker BAC to develop a lighter, faster sports car. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 7, 2020 | 7:58 am
Innovation Metals to scale up REE oxides extraction technology The technology is designed for the cost-effective bulk separation and purification of rare earth elements - including both heavy REE and light REEs. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 5, 2020 | 6:15 am