March 20, 2025

Trump to expand critical mineral production using wartime powers

An executive order signed Thursday taps the Defense Production Act as part of an effort to provide financing for critical minerals projects.

March 20, 2025

Chinese state funding in mineral exploration on the rise: FT

Since 2022, the nation as whole has devoted $13.8 billion to geological exploration annually.

March 19, 2025

Arafura inks rare earth oxide supply deal with Traxys

Under the agreement, Arafura will supply a minimum of 100 tons per annum from its Nolans project.

March 19, 2025

China flexes rare earth dominance with million-tonne discovery

The deposit could host as much as 1.15 million tonnes of resources containing key rare earth elements such as praseodymium, neodymium, dysprosium and terbium.

March 18, 2025

Russian billionaire Potanin eyes rare earth metals exploration

Vladimir Putin has offered the US the opportunity, under a future economic deal, to jointly explore Russia's rare earth metal deposits.

March 17, 2025

Ramaco Resources’ Wyoming rare earth project gets $6.1M grant

The funding will match Ramaco's future investment in building a rare earth and critical minerals pilot processing facility north of Sheridan.

March 17, 2025

Energy Fuels, POSCO team up to explore REE magnet supply chain

The collaboration could fast-track the formation of one of the world's first commercial permanent REE magnet supply chains independent of China.

March 17, 2025

Japan’s JOGMEC, Iwatani to invest $120 million in French rare earths project

Caremag is building a rare earth refining plant in France's southwestern region of Pyrenées-Atlantiques.

March 14, 2025

USA Rare Earth merges with Inflection Point, debuts on NASDAQ

The company spent several years privately working to tap the Round Top rare earth deposit in west Texas, with ambitious plans to create a domestic supply chain.

March 13, 2025

US agency slashes estimate of Vietnam’s rare earth reserves in major revision

The revision has moved Vietnam from second position on the USGS's list of countries with the largest reserves down to 6th.