April 2, 2013

INFOGRAPHIC: Mining your iPhone

"There's more gold in a pound of electronics than a pound of ore."

March 29, 2013

VIDEO: Most batteries contain 10 times more graphite than lithium

Strongest material known to man

March 28, 2013

US lobby warns Pentagon against further dependence on Chinese rare earths

Governments around the world have become increasingly attentive to rare earths as their strategic value has become clearer.

March 26, 2013

Four billion reasons REEs and graphite will make you money

Self-help manuals tell us that what we focus on, we manifest. This is certainly true for rare earth elements enthusiast Chris Berry.

March 26, 2013

Large-scale deals to head down the mineshaft in 2013: PwC

The number of global deals has fallen to its lowest level since 2005.

March 26, 2013

Canada’s New Democrats propose law on conflict minerals

The federal bill aims to ensure companies source responsibly.

March 25, 2013

Japan’s massive rare earth discovery threatens China’s supremacy

The deposit contains rare earths that are 20 to 30 times more concentrated than those coming from China.

March 24, 2013

Canadian mining investments in Latin America

INTERACTIVE MAP: Explore active mines by company, country, and the year that the mine was acquired.

March 23, 2013

Australians develop new recovery method for platinum and palladium

Technique could also be applied to purify rare earth elements.

March 20, 2013

INN VIDEO: Chris Grove explains tantalum uses and smuggling

On the use of tantalum in the electronics industry and how the metal is smuggled out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.