November 21, 2025 Pentagon lends $700 million to Vulcan, ReElement for rare earth magnets With the funding, Vulcan and ReElement expect to produce as much as 10,000 metric tons of the magnet material over the next several years.
November 20, 2025 Malaysia suspends rare earth, tin mining operations after river water turns blue Initial investigations found discharges at the rare earths mining site, operated by MCRE Resources.
November 19, 2025 China’s October rare earth magnet exports fall, but US shipments surge Exports to the US jumped by 56.1% from the prior month to 656 tons, the highest since January.
November 19, 2025 American Rare Earths boosts resource estimate for Cowboy State mine The updated mineral resource estimate is approximately 547.5 million tonnes in TREOs.
November 19, 2025 West scrambles to fill heavy rare earth gap as China rivalry deepens Shortages of heavy elements dysprosium and terbium could be an Achilles heel for MP Materials and the West's campaign to forge a magnets industry.
November 19, 2025 Minerals executives urge Congress to deploy more financial tools to offset China Lithium Americas CEO Jonathan Evans said Washington should support a "temporary, minimum price" for lithium.
November 19, 2025 MP Materials soars on Saudi Arabia rare earth joint venture The Saudi JV builds on the multi-billion-dollar public-private partnership that MP and DoW announced in July 2025.
November 19, 2025 EU plans to stockpile critical minerals amid US-China tension, FT says The EU had become "collateral damage" in a US-China dispute over rare earths, industry chief Stéphane Séjourné said.
November 18, 2025 Vulcan Elements picks North Carolina for $1B rare earth magnet plant This month, Vulcan entered a $1.4B partnership with ReElement Technologies and the US government to develop a rare earth magnet supply chain.
November 18, 2025 Column: China deal buys US time to build critical minerals supply chain The Trump administration has sought to diversify the critical minerals supply chain with a multi-pronged strategy.
Reinventing America’s critical minerals supply chain The key will be to nurture new technologies that can win the future — those that can produce economically over the long term while modernizing the industry’s operations. December 08, 2025 | 11:14 am
