June 12, 2025

Trump mulls using defense powers to fund rare earth projects

Officials are discussing using the Defense Production Act to tap financing, loans and other means for rare earths element-related projects.

June 12, 2025

Amaroq raises £45 million to fund Greenland expansion

EIFO, Denmark’s state-backed export and investment fund, was among the notable participants.

June 12, 2025

China to strengthen approval process of rare earth export applications

China is willing to further enhance communication and dialogue on export control with relevant countries.

June 12, 2025

Column: Demand destruction can help break China’s rare earths chokehold

Western automakers have chosen to ignore the historical precedent and doubled down on a technology that remains almost totally beholden to Beijing's export whims.

June 12, 2025

Infographic: Who controls the rare earths shaping the future?

This graphic breaks down global extraction at the mine level.

June 11, 2025

Rare earth startups eye slice of $1 billion bounty from Brazil

State-owned entities have spent weeks sifting through 124 pitches for initiatives totaling $15 billion, including many by firms seeking to churn out rare earths.

June 11, 2025

Cyclic Materials to open $25M rare earths plant in Canada

The facility in Kingston, Ontario, will mark the startup's first commercial-scale processing and research centre unit.

June 11, 2025

Trump confirms rare earth deal with China

Officials will finalize the agreement once outbound materials begin flowing.

June 10, 2025

US, China reach framework deal to ease export restrictions

Trade framework and implementation plan agreed with China in London should result in restrictions on rare earths and magnets being resolved.

June 10, 2025

US Critical Materials, Idaho National Laboratory partner to build rare earth processing plant

The facility will process high-grade ore from the company’s flagship Sheep Creek deposit in Montana.