August 12, 2025 Arafura Rare Earths eyes $100 million in export agency funding Australia’s export finance agency has shown interest in funding Arafura’s Nolans project.
August 11, 2025 MP Materials hits new high as it receives $150M Pentagon loan The DoD funding is designated to add heavy rare earth separation capabilities to MP's existing processing facility at Mountain Pass.
August 8, 2025 MP Materials hits record high on strong output, Pentagon and Apple deals MP’s stock has more than quadrupled in 2025.
August 6, 2025 GM signs rare earth magnet deal with Noveon Magnetics Noveon said the magnet deliveries to GM began in July.
August 5, 2025 Iluka signs deal with Lindian for rare earths supply from Malawi Separately, Iluka has secured a $20 million loan facility to support the Kangankunde mine's development.
August 5, 2025 Australia weighs price floor for critical minerals, boosting rare earth miners The support comes as prices for some metals like rare earths have been too low to fund processing capacity in Western nations.
August 4, 2025 Greer says US-China talks ‘about halfway there’ on rare earths The key industrial components were a focus of negotiations in Stockholm last week.
August 4, 2025 China limits supply of critical minerals to US defense sector: WSJ According to the WSJ, citing sources, the Chinese government is now refusing or delaying exports of minerals designated for military applications.
August 1, 2025 US mulls REE price floor to lift output: Reuters The strategy would build on a recent public-private partnership between the US Department of Defense and MP Materials.
July 31, 2025 Trump team outlines push for rare earths in meeting with executives Trade adviser Peter Navarro convened the meeting and told the executives that the administration is planning a major push to boost US production of the minerals.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland rare earth supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the U.S. and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
