November 24, 2022 Australia to become ‘more assertive’ on foreign investment in critical minerals Federal investment has already flowed into Iluka Resources' rare earths processing plant in central Australia.
November 18, 2022 How the state of Wyoming could supply the US with rare earth elements Industry innovators are tapping coal and its waste streams to extract rare earths, 17 essential elements to realizing an electrified economy.
November 15, 2022 Defense Metals drills 221 metres of 2.14% TREO, including 3.52% at Wicheeda in British Columbia The company has drilled over 5,500 metres in 18 holes this year as part of the Wicheeda resource delineation and pit geotechnical program.
November 9, 2022 Bosch taps IBM quantum computers in hunt for new EV materials Robert Bosch plans to use more than twenty of IBM’s quantum computers to help identify alternatives to the metals and rare earth elements currently used in EVs.
October 31, 2022 Green energy transition, structural changes to sustain much higher rare earth prices New report says China now imports half its heavy rare earths while demand from EVs, renewable energy is absorbing higher prices.
October 31, 2022 Breaking China’s grip on rare earths markets a ‘pipe dream,’ Australia says “That’s a country that has seen this need coming and made the most of it,” Resources Minister Madeleine King told Bloomberg News in an interview.
October 31, 2022 Japan looks 6,000 meters under the sea for rare earths to counter China The government intends to start developing the methods necessary to extract the elements near the Ogasawara islands, according to the Yomiuri newspaper.
October 24, 2022 Researchers find possible replacement for rare earth in magnets It could be possible to produce tetrataenite, an iron-nickel alloy, at scale by adding the common element phosphorous, researchers found.
October 23, 2022 Scientists want to produce cosmic mineral to replace REEs in industrial magnets Researchers are looking to decouple rare earths from magnet production.
October 20, 2022 Namibia, EU reach provisional deal on rare earth minerals "In principal we have agreed on conditions, whatever the materials, we are going to process them here," mines and energy minister said.
China to rein in copper, alumina capacity expansion under next five-year plan The country's economic planner will tighten oversight of copper and alumina projects from 2026 to 2030 to curb irrational investment. December 26, 2025 | 04:10 am
