March 2, 2021

Mining magnets: Arctic island finds green power can be a curse

Companies are racing for approval to dig into what the USGS calls the world’s biggest undeveloped deposits of rare earth.

March 1, 2021

Webequie Nation, Juno ink MOU for Ring of Fire exploration

Juno is the largest claim holder within the Ring of Fire, a metal rich region in northern Ontario.

March 1, 2021

To go electric, America needs more mines. Can it build them?

Biden plans to allow mines that produce EV metals to be developed under existing environmental standards, rather than face a tightened process that would apply to other materials.

March 1, 2021

China says domestic competition hurting rare earth prices

Prices for some rare earths in China, such as praseodymium-neodymium, have spiked to multi-year highs this year amid strong demand from the electric vehicle sector.

February 26, 2021

Nickel, cobalt price: 10 charts show China’s grip on battery supply chain to last decades

Beijing's response to Biden executive order on critical minerals: "Artificial efforts to shift these chains and to decouple is not realistic."

February 26, 2021

China continues dominance of rare earths markets to 2030, says Roskill

In 2020, Chinese mines produced 110,000 tonnes of rare earths, which is more than 55% of total global mining output.

February 25, 2021

China says Biden bid to shift US supply chains unrealistic

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the measures “will not help solve domestic problems” and only harm global trade.

February 25, 2021

Lynas beats profit estimates as prices of rare earths soar

Earlier this month, the US Department of Defense awarded $30 million in funds to build a facility in Texas to Lynas.

February 24, 2021

Iluka Resources eyes downstream processing of rare earths

The Perth-based company said the endeavour could be the Phase 3 development of its Eneabba operation in Western Australia.

February 20, 2021

China boosts its mining quota for first batch of rare earths

The new quota for the first batch is 84,000 tonnes, compared with a cap of 66,000 tonnes for last year’s first batch.