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.

June 4, 2023

Protein helps separate rare earths more efficiently than new tech

Biology 1, new tech 0.

June 1, 2023

Global production of critical metals unlikely to meet EU demand

Researchers say metal shortage could put the brakes on the EU’s electrification goals.

May 25, 2023

Saskatchewan Research Council manufactures Canada’s first solvent extraction cell tech for REE processing

Rare Earth processing facility currently under construction in the Canadian province.

May 25, 2023

Siemens Gamesa to cut reliance on China for rare earths, permanent magnets

Siemens Gamesa last month signed a deal with Australia's Arafura Rare Earths to procure 200 tonnes of materials a year.

May 18, 2023

Coal country to carbon innovation: Wyoming rare earths discovery could be a game changer for US

Ramaco Resources, a pure play met coal miner with operations in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, has discovered new potential magnetic rare earth elements at its Brook mine.

May 18, 2023

Australia hands out critical minerals grants

Australia is pushing to reap more value from its mineral wealth and become a leading supplier of battery chemicals.

May 17, 2023

UK’s first centre for rare earth magnet recycling to open in Birmingham

Scale-up and roll-out of technology first piloted at the University of Birmingham forms the basis for the UK’s first full scale remanufacturing facility for rare earth magnets.