Rare Earth Top Stories

Rare earth prices at decade-high amid supply tightness

A domestic shortage of rare earths is looming as China, which accounts for 70% of global production.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 29, 2021 | 9:08 am

COP26 will be a colossal mining cop-out

New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts…

Frik Els | October 28, 2021 | 3:18 pm

BMO Financial Group vice-chair warns of a potential critical minerals crisis

David Jacobson was the US Ambassador to Canada during President…

Daniel Sekulich - The Northern Miner | October 28, 2021 | 2:49 pm

Rio Tinto and USGS team up for Montana critical mineral hunt

The USGS will deploy its hi-tech Earth MRI to look…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 27, 2021 | 11:22 am

Citric acid can be used to extract rare earth metals from coal ash

The method, if widely adopted, could turn coal ash from…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 26, 2021 | 6:06 am

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Europe’s push for EVs a boon to Savannah’s Portugal lithium project

The company is close to making a decision on developing Mina do Barroso mine, which could become the first European supplier of spodumene, a lithium-bearing mineral.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 24, 2019 | 6:55 am

Canadian miners had a tough 2018, but optimism remains — EY

Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index, which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior miners — dropped 2% in the last quarter of 2018.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 21, 2019 | 9:00 am

Technology to redesign 77% of Australian mining jobs over next five years — report

An injection of A$5 billion to A$13 billion in workforce capability will be needed over the next decade.

MINING.com Editor | February 14, 2019 | 1:48 pm

Tin use in batteries may rise to 60,000 tonnes by 2030-industry group

The global tin market is expected to move into a surplus of 500 tonnes this year from a 7,500-tonne deficit in 2018.

Reuters | February 14, 2019 | 9:32 am

Petro-Canada to build first coast-to-coast network of fast EV chargers

More than 50 EV stations will be located along the Trans-Canada highway from Nova Scotia to British Columbia.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 13, 2019 | 3:13 pm

Cost parity by ‘early 2020s’ will be electric vehicle tipping point

Improving battery technologies will mean that even long-haul trucks could be economically electrified during the second half of the next decade.

Frik Els | February 12, 2019 | 10:17 pm

Nickel rally fades, electric vehicle buzz doesn’t

Was it another false dawn for the nickel market?

Reuters | February 12, 2019 | 10:37 am

Minerals Council of Australia calls for tax, workplace law reform

According to the industry group, such reform would encourage additional investment in capital and technology.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 10, 2019 | 12:46 pm

Fourteen NGOs oppose LME plans to ban tainted cobalt

Is the LME trying to create a reputational green wash that allows it to say its members source responsibly because they tick some boxes?

Reuters | February 7, 2019 | 9:50 am

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