November 10, 2021

Greenland bans uranium mining, blocking vast rare earths project

The ban affects the Kvanefjeld rare earths project, one of the world’s biggest, as it would have produced uranium as a by-product.

November 5, 2021

New UK magnet factory for EVs should copy Chinese playbook

A British magnet factory could be built by 2024 and eventually produce 2,000 tonnes a year of rare earth magnets, enough to supply about 1 million EVs.

November 2, 2021

UN at COP26: “Enough of mining…we are digging our own graves”

It did not take long for COP26 to turn into a farce with UN Secretary General António Guterres pleading with the gathered highnesses and excellencies to declare enough is enough.

November 1, 2021

Nova Scotia’s mining focus expands into critical minerals

Canada is the only Western nation that has an abundance of cobalt, graphite, lithium, and nickel, essential to creating the batteries and EVs of the future.

October 31, 2021

While China will continue to use rare earths in EVs, Europe trying different options – report

According to IDTechEx, Europe is making efforts to decrease the utilization of magnetic materials and especially heavy rare earths in its electric vehicles.

October 29, 2021

Rare earth prices at decade-high amid supply tightness

A domestic shortage of rare earths is looming as China, which accounts for 70% of global production.

October 28, 2021

COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out

New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation…

October 28, 2021

BMO Financial Group vice-chair warns of a potential critical minerals crisis

David Jacobson was the US Ambassador to Canada during President Barack Obama’s first term.

October 27, 2021

Rio Tinto and USGS team up for Montana critical mineral hunt

The USGS will deploy its hi-tech Earth MRI to look for critical minerals.

October 26, 2021

Citric acid can be used to extract rare earth metals from coal ash

The method, if widely adopted, could turn coal ash from an environmental pariah into a commercially viable product, researcher says.