February 2, 2024 MP Materials and Lynas explore merger amid rare earth market turmoil — report The Australian Financial Review suggests the two companies may be in talks to merge, potentially forming the world's largest non-China producers of rare earths.
February 2, 2024 Germany invests $1.1bn to counter China on raw materials The state fund will focus on cobalt, copper, lithium, silicon, rare earths projects, including in extraction, processing and recycling.
February 1, 2024 Vietnam rare earths output drops as China’s grows, US says The USGS revised down its estimates of US rare earths reserves to 1.8 million tons from 2.3 million previously estimated.
January 31, 2024 Activists, Hollywood take down top 50 mining company The ranks of the most valuable mining companies in the world were throughly scrambled in 2023 as governments intervened, lithium and nickel prices tumbled, gold hit records and a new…
January 30, 2024 State of strategic metals: navigating 2024 trends and global supply chain dynamics beyond China’s influence Many factors, including economic conditions, technological advancements, and geopolitical events, can influence the status of rare metals.
January 30, 2024 Pentagon plans AI-based program to estimate prices for critical minerals The US Department of Defense plans to develop a program to estimate prices and predict supplies of nickel, cobalt and other critical minerals.
January 29, 2024 Australia’s resources minister seeks investment from Korea, Japan Madeleine King will be meeting Japan's trade minister Ken Saito, and South Korean trade and energy minister Duk-geun Ahn.
January 28, 2024 Small electric aircraft have lower environmental impact than equivalent fossil-fuelled aircraft Battery-powered electric aircraft have the potential to significantly reduce the environmental impacts of aviation, according to new research.
January 26, 2024 REEs used in medical field pollute wastewater, spur superbugs Pollution from environmental rare earth elements has increased and has implications for the development of superbugs.
January 22, 2024 China, in comic strip, warns of ‘overseas’ threats to its rare earths China's chief intelligence agency posted on social media a comic strip featuring foreign-looking characters secretly extracting rare earths.
AI boom set to turbocharge uranium demand in 2026 Investor surveys and asset managers point to AI-driven power demand tightening uranium supply and supporting higher prices into 2026. December 26, 2025 | 03:55 am
