September 24, 2024

Summit Minerals grows Brazil niobium project with strategic buy

Newly acquired tenement sits directly east and north of its Equador niobium and tantalum project in Brazil.

September 23, 2024

US backs Australian lithium, rare earths projects for up to $786 million

Anson Resources and American Rare Earths received interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

September 23, 2024

Metals producer backed by Canada province vows to compete with China in rare earths

China controls 95% of the global production and supply of rare earth metals.

September 19, 2024

CHART: Global mining and metals – a quick reality check

Demand for energy transition metals has injected optimism into mining, but it represents only a sliver of the $4 trillion global industry.  

September 18, 2024

Saskatchewan processing plant first to produce rare earth metals in North America 

Facility is ready to produce 10 tonnes of neodymium-praseodymium metals per month, with purities greater than 99.5%, SRC said.

September 18, 2024

Aclara advances on environmental permitting for Chilean rare earth project

The company said it is aiming to file a response addressing questions raised by government agencies by the end of the first quarter of 2025.

September 16, 2024

China’s grip on rare earths undercuts projects from US to Japan

A slump in prices since 2022 is undermining the business case for rare earth projects.

September 13, 2024

Aclara Resources to start rare earths production in Brazil in 2027

Rare earths developer aims to move start of operations forward at its flagship Carina project to 2027 from 2029.

September 11, 2024

Guest column: America’s mineral blind spot – the trillion-dollar opportunity hiding in plain sight

While China tightens its grip on these critical minerals, the US sits idle, stymied not by geology but by corporate calculus.

September 4, 2024

Critical Metals kicks off drilling at Tanbreez rare earth project

The Greenland deposit is the largest known REE project in the world.