January 29, 2023 Scholz visits South America in race with China for lithium Olaf Scholz hopes his trip to Latin America will help secure the lithium supplies that Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen need.
January 27, 2023 ‘Timing is right’ for NWT to harness critical minerals boom, says minister Canada’s Northwest Territories is positioned to capitalize on the coming critical minerals supply crunch, says the territory’s Industry, Tourism and Investment minister.
January 27, 2023 Norway finds ‘substantial’ mineral resources on its seabed The Nordic country, a major oil and gas exporter, is considering whether to open its offshore areas to deep-sea mining.
January 17, 2023 Australia raises loan to rare earths developer, announces more grants The government raised its financial support to Hastings Technology Metals by A$80 million to account for higher costs.
January 12, 2023 Europe’s largest rare earths deposit found in Sweden The discovery by Swedish state-owned miner LKAB could help the continent break away from China’s dominance in the sector.
January 9, 2023 Top 50 mining companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and mining markets reached new levels of turbulence, as the pandemic played out in China and the Ukraine war upended global…
January 4, 2023 NioCorp demo plant in Quebec boasts high rare earth recoveries The extraction process also revealed only two significant impurities of iron and a very small amount of nickel.
January 4, 2023 How coal mine drainage can become a source of rare earths Researchers have patented a new process that neutralizes coal drainage and captures rare-earth elements.
January 3, 2023 US, allies should disconnect rare earths supply chain from China — report A Rice University report suggests that policymakers in the US and allied countries should counteract the launching of the China Rare Earth Group.
December 27, 2022 Tesla, Toyota interested in Chilean REEs The carmakers have expressed interest in the products that may be extracted at the Penco Module project in central Chile.
Russia says stake in gold producer UGC to be put up for public auction soon In July 2025, a Russian court ruled that the majority stake in UGC should be seized and transferred to the state. December 30, 2025 | 08:24 am
