June 16, 2023 Critical material prices are recovering but the outlook is mixed New report says lithium, nickel sulphate and rare earth prices are set to recover sharply but graphite, magnesium and titanium markets are in for more pain.
June 13, 2023 Nominee to be next US ambassador to Malaysia sees rare earths potential Edgard Kagan, a career diplomat, told his Senate confirmation hearing that developing new sources for critical minerals was a very high priority.
June 12, 2023 Hastings Technology Metals to supply rare earths to Neo Performance Deal is to negotiate the supply of rare earth concentrate from Hasting’s Yangibana project in Western Australia.
June 12, 2023 LKAB raises deposit estimate at Europe’s biggest rare earth find The European Commission wants to speed up the development of new mines like Per Geijer to end its dependence.
June 9, 2023 Norway considers opening Germany-sized area to deep-sea mining The country’s energy ministry plans to submit to parliament in the next two weeks a proposal to open an area close to Svalbard to applications for exploration and extraction.
June 9, 2023 Altona Rare Earths shares start trading in London Altona, which is advancing the Monte Muambe rare earths project in northwest Mozambique, raised $2.5 million.
June 8, 2023 Namibia bans export of unprocessed critical minerals The southern African country has significant deposits of lithium as well as rare earth minerals.
June 7, 2023 Mongolian PM discusses EV investment, cooperation with Elon Musk Musk and the Mongolian government talked about a potential joint research venture on the use of rare earth elements and battery minerals.
June 6, 2023 Defense Metals completes next phase of pilot plant tests, starts prefeasibility design The PFS is to be complete during the first half of 2024.
June 6, 2023 Australia maps all of its tailings dams A new Atlas of Australian Mine Waste aims to provide industry with opportunities to extract critical metals from previously mined rock.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
