June 7, 2022

Quebec ready to partner with critical mineral explorers and developers 

Province holds the largest lithium reserves in Canada and nearly half of the lithium projects currently underway.

June 6, 2022

NioCorp reworks Elk Creek flowsheet to cut capex, opex, GHG emissions

NioCorp is testing a reworked mineral processing flowsheet for its Elk Creek rare earth elements (REE) project.

June 1, 2022

US needs to take urgent steps to prevent getting ‘shut out’ from critical minerals, says researcher  

President Joe Biden authorized the Defense Production Act to increase battery metals production and reduce the country’s reliance on China and Russia.

May 31, 2022

Defense Metals improves REE recoveries for Wicheeda ore with acid-bake process

The 100% owned Wicheeda project is located 80 km northwest of Prince George, British Columbia.

May 24, 2022

Canada’s minerals extraction in situation critical

With urgency in getting new mines developed, governments will need to streamline permitting processes.

May 23, 2022

Canada’s first rare earth producer begins shipping concentrate

Vital Metals' Nechalacho rare earths mine in the Northwest Territories has begun deliveries.

May 22, 2022

How robots can help build offshore wind turbines more quickly

Western leaders who want to wean their economies off Russian fossil fuels are facing tremendous challenges.

May 22, 2022

Second-largest indicated-or-better rare earth resource in the US now identified

NioCorp’s Elk Creek project yielded rare earth elements as a potential by-product of the mining of niobium, titanium, and scandium in a recent feasibility study.

May 18, 2022

Natural Resources Canada calls for proposals of pilot projects for processing critical minerals

Call for proposals is open to Canadian universities, mining companies and provincial, territorial, regional and municipal governments.

May 17, 2022

China, US are racing to make billions from mining the moon’s minerals

Unlike in the era of Sputnik and Apollo, the world’s top superpowers can’t even agree on basic principles to govern the next generation of space activity.