August 5, 2020

Hudson restructures debt to restart anorthosite mine

The Greenland government has given permission for the company to remobilize its team back to the project site.

August 4, 2020

Pensana shares up on new drill results in Angola

Company reported final assay results from the last 86 holes of the 8,000 metre drill programme at the Longonjo project in Angola.

August 4, 2020

Lynas gets green light for waste treatment plant in Malaysia

Malaysia has approved Australian rare earths miner Lynas' plan to build a permanent disposal facility for waste treatment.

August 3, 2020

Diversifying the tungsten supply chain

Most of the world’s tungsten is extracted from mines throughout Asia, and China has long held dominance over the global tungsten supply.

July 29, 2020

US appoints coordinator for Arctic policy as mineral race heats up

US announced a $12 million economic aid package for Greenland, which has vast deposits of rare earth minerals.

July 28, 2020

US finds its Chinese rare earth dependency hard to break

China's control of global processing capacity is almost total, with the exception of Lynas' separation plant in Malaysia.

July 27, 2020

Lynas signs contract for US rare earths facility

Company signed a contract with the US Department of Defense to begin initial design work for its heavy rare earth separation facility in Texas.

July 24, 2020

US moves to boost domestic production of strategic minerals

The Pentagon and U.S. tech companies have grown concerned that China could cut off exports of the minerals to the US.

July 23, 2020

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Massive Canadian mine gets green light, Pentagon resumes rare earth program, and more...

July 22, 2020

Pentagon resumes rare earths funding program

In April, the Pentagon awarded Lynas Corp and MP Materials funding for rare earths separation facilities in Texas and California.