August 2, 2023

World battles to loosen China’s grip on vital rare earths for clean energy transition

Refining rare earths for the green energy transition is hard. Just ask MP Materials and Lynas.

July 31, 2023

Lynas signs updated contract with US govt for Texas facility

A contribution of about $258 million by the US government is allocated to the project.

July 31, 2023

Lynas Rare Earths’ quarterly revenue slumps 47% on lower prices

Prices of rare earth minerals have declined over the last year because of increased supply from top producer China.

July 26, 2023

Lynas Rare Earths asks Malaysia court to review licence

License has a condition that bars the miner from importing and processing lanthanide concentrate from January.

July 21, 2023

CHARTS: Value of world’s 50 biggest mining companies slump $356bn from post-pandemic peak  

MINING.COM’s ranking of world’s biggest miners welcomes the first Indonesian company to the top tier and Perth as the city hosting the greatest number on the list.

July 20, 2023

At international deep sea mining meeting, debate moves behind closed doors

The ISA cut a livestream of its members negotiations and retreated behind closed doors in an attempt to resolve a dilemma the could determine the fate of the deep ocean.

July 17, 2023

New form of silicon could revolutionize quantum computing

The new form of silicon is called Q-silicon and, among other properties, it is ferromagnetic at room temperature.

July 13, 2023

Rare earths prices sink to lowest since 2020 as China ramps up supply

Concerns have grown that China could further restrict exports of the strategic minerals after it limited exports of germanium and gallium late last month.

July 11, 2023

China rare earths body offers cash rewards for illegal mining tipoffs

Chinese authorities have instituted a range of measures to try to curb longstanding problems with illegal rare earths mining in recent years.

July 10, 2023

Column: China flexes critical metals muscles with export curbs

Export controls will be short-term disruptive to both gallium and germanium markets but Western countries should be able to adapt over time.