November 5, 2020

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.

November 4, 2020

Australian Strategic Materials acquires Korean JV partner

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

November 3, 2020

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.

October 23, 2020

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.

October 21, 2020

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.

October 15, 2020

Growing cesium demand reactivates Lilypad project

Historical work focused on defining tantalum resources also identified widespread occurrences of cesium ore.

October 12, 2020

Pensana Rare Earths looks into UK processing facility

The projected production from Longonjo would be enough to supply the wind turbines at Dogger Bank.

October 11, 2020

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.

October 8, 2020

Gold price rally lifts value of top 50 mining companies above $1 trillion for the first time

The Top 50 most valuable mining companies added $80.2 billion in market capitalization over the three months to end September.

October 7, 2020

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.