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The Strange Rocks That Could Loosen China’s Grip on Rare Earths

They have names that sound borrowed from a fantasy novel: melilitite, nephelinite, ultramafic lamprophyre, kimberlite. Until quite recently they were mostly the preserve of mineral...

Scientists Uncover Hidden Rare Earth Treasure Map Beneath Ancient Continents

Scientists have identified a hidden deep-Earth pattern that may reveal where rare earth deposits form. The study links valuable rare earth-rich rocks to the thick ancient “roots” b...

Scientists create global treasure map pointing to hidden rare earth deposits

Scientists have created a global “treasure map” for rare earth elements by uncovering where the strange volcanic rocks that contain them are most likely to form. By combining thous...

Inside the Malaysian factory supplying the world’s most critical minerals worth RM395,000 a bag

GEBENG, April 22 — Workers load tonnes of rare earth minerals into bags ready for shipping at a refinery in easter...

USA Rare Earth to Acquire Brazilian Mining Company

Brazilian miner Serra Verde is expected to represent more than half of all production of non-China HREE supplies by 2027.

Critical Minerals Such as Lithium and Rare Earth Elements Reach All-Time High Demand - Elektros Moves Forward with U.S....

Why China has the edge in the rare earths market

In an April 20 industry update, Research Capital analyst Greg McLeish said rare earths are moving into a structural re-rating as visible long-term demand collides with increasingly...

Hindustan Zinc aims to add 3 rare earth metals in five years

The company has recently secured a rare earth mineral block containing monazite in Uttar Pradesh; awaiting regulatory clearances before commencing geological exploration

U.S., Australia back rare earths refinery with up to $600M in potential funding

Madini ‘Rare Earth’ yagunduliwa Njombe

Tanzania inatarajia kukuza zaidi uchumi wake baada ya kugundulika kwa utajiri wa madini maarufu kama Rare Earth Elements (REEs) katika kijiji cha Mkiu, Wilaya ya Ludewa mkoani Njom...

ULVAC to make rare earth melting furnaces in Japan

If you’ve been following the slow-motion strategic panic over critical minerals, you know that Japan, Australia, the US, Canada, Europe and others are busy talking about China’s do...

Why China rare earth breakthrough in icy northeast could cement global dominance

Scientists in China have identified a new type of rare earths formation in the frigid northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin – a discovery that could challenge assumption...

Japan's Sumitomo Metal, Sojitz look to Southeast Asia for rare earths

The Struggle to Diversify Rare Earth Supply Chains

China accounts for roughly 60% of global mined production of magnet rare earths, as well as more than 90% of refining, and 95% of permanent magnet production.

New “Atlas” Will Catalog Proteins That Bind to Rare Earth Elements

Bioprospecting Tool Could Boost Critical Mineral Refining By Anna Squires Throughout the 1800s, naturalists journeyed to far-flung corners of the world to catalog birds, mammals, m...

Trump backs US$50 million investment for South Africa rare earths

Two enormous sandlike dunes at an old chemical processing plant in South Africa are at the centre of an exploratory US-backed project to extract highly sought-after rare earth elem...

Malaysia’s rare-earth crown: Lynas plans heavy-element takeover to rival China

GEBENG, April 9 — Australian mining firm Lynas told AFP on Wednesday it plans to expand its portfolio of rare eart...

SMM breaks ground on Western Cape monazite plant

The Steenkampskraal monazite mine (SMM) has officially broken ground on its new processing plant in the Western Cape. This milestone advances the mine’s phased development plan and...

Minerals over ideology? US embraces pragmatic diplomacy to break China’s rare earths grip

The Trump administration’s strategic interest in rare earths is pushing the US towards more pragmatic diplomacy as it seeks to rebuild critical mineral supply chains without China,...

USA Rare Earth Gets An Upgrade As Government Redefines Sector Risk

Radify’s sci-fi plasma reactors could break China’s dominance of rare earth elements

Radify Metals is developing a new way to process a variety of metals that promises to be pollution free.

Tsodilo, UCT partner on research to advance critical minerals, rare earth element exploration

TSX-V-listed Tsodilo Resources has announced a collaborative research initiative with the University of Cape Town (UCT) Department of Geological Sciences to support its critical mi...

Global Demand for Rare Earth Minerals Is Intensifying Criminal Threats in the Amazon Rainforest

Global demand for critical minerals, used to build drones and electric cars, is surging, setting of a new wave of criminality in the world’s largest rainforest.

Will the US Serra Verde Acquisition Help Break China’s Rare Earth Monopoly?

One of the primary drivers behind the acquisition, backed by the U.S. government, is to disrupt the prevailing Chinese monopoly in rare earths. Will it actually work?