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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

New Projects, Partnerships, & Policies Are Needed to Address Supply Chain Risks for Rare Earth Elements

New IEA report highlights growing mismatch between accelerating use of rare earths across a wide range of technologies and slow pace of supply diversification globally. Rare earth...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

6,000 Meters Under the Pacific, Japan Seeks Independence From China on Rare Earths

Tokyo is succeeding where the rest of the world has failed, reducing its reliance on Beijing for crucial rare earth elements—thanks to an enormous underwater deposit discovered on...

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...

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

Rare Earth Leverage and Pressure Points on U.S. Technological Power

The rare‑earth crisis is becoming a structural element of the global environment, shaping the resilience of the American technological and defense system. In the logic of the Yanke...

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.

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...

The Best Rare-Earth Stock to Buy and Hold for the Next Decade

With the United States zeroing in on domestically sourced rare-earth elements, this company is emerging as a major winner.

Mitsubishi Materials invests in ReElement Technologies to develop US rare earth production

Mitsubishi Materials (MMC) is investing in US rare earth refiner ReElement Technologies as part of a strategic collaboration with ReElement shareholder American Resources to develo...

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

ReElement processes tungsten concentrate to 99.9% purity

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.

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?