August 26, 2019 China passes law allowing regions to set resource taxes Major resources such as crude oil or rare earths will still be subject to a fixed tax rate set by the central government.
August 26, 2019 Get cracking: Lynas scouts for rare earths plant to meet Malaysian demands Lynas has four years to build a plant that will remove low-level radioactivity from the material it ships to Malaysia.
August 23, 2019 California rare earths miner races to refine amid US-China trade row The owner of the only US rare earths mine is going on a hiring spree.
August 22, 2019 Wesfarmers drops plan to buy Lynas Lynas received a renewed operating licence for its Malaysian processing plant earlier in the day.
August 21, 2019 Stans Energy awarded $24 million in arbitration with Kyrgyz Republic The case revolved around the company’s revoked mining license for a past-producing rare earth mine, which the junior acquired in 2009.
August 19, 2019 China, e-silk roads and a plea for change The world needs new ‘Silk Roads’, on which the traffic will be powered, and highway services enabled and delivered, by electricity generated only through renewable means and resources.
August 19, 2019 China court puts Fanya exchange’s rare earth stock up for auction The court made two separate announcements on Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao last week.
August 18, 2019 US government researchers recover rare earths from e-waste They have developed an energy-efficient, cost-effective process to recover critical materials
August 15, 2019 Malaysia allows Lynas to continue operating rare earths plant for six months Country has also imposed fresh conditions to the miner, including the need of a plan to move its cracking and leaching facility overseas within four years of the licence renewal.
August 12, 2019 Northern Minerals signs rare earths supply deal with Thyssenkrupp Thyssenkrupp has agreed to purchase the entirety of the heavy rare earth carbonate from the Browns Range project.
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