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.

December 23, 2022

Vital Metals pivots to Nechalacho permitting as Saskatchewan plant costs double

The company announced it will defer completing the facility's rare earth hydrometallurgical leaching, purification and rare earth precipitation circuits until 2024.

December 16, 2022

Namibian rare earth minerals project targets 2026 production

Privately-owned Broadmind Mining says the company had started assessing the economic viability of the Eisenberg deposit.

December 14, 2022

Germany entirely dependent on imports for 14 critical raw materials – study

In the case of rare earths, Germany is more than 90% dependent on supplies from China.

December 9, 2022

Canada places big bets on critical minerals

Remoteness, regulatory sclerosis still pose barriers to mine development in Canada, the federal government says.