Rare Earth Top Stories

Over 100 Spanish, Portuguese artists publish book against Almonty’s Valtreixal project

Proceeds from the sale of the book Heaven, open up are expected to be used to fund actions against the Valtreixal project.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 22, 2020 | 12:20 pm

Energy Fuels set to become rare earth producer in 2021

Energy Fuels will be the first US company in several…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 14, 2020 | 10:28 am

Greenland grants Bluejay exploitation license

The $245 million Dundas ilmenite project is expected to reach…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 14, 2020 | 3:49 am

Rare earth producers aim to agree global environment standards in 2021

Manufacturers of electronic goods and EVs are under pressure from…

Reuters | December 11, 2020 | 11:15 am

Carmakers have blind spot for lithium, cobalt, nickel prices

New research report has a warning for electric carmakers about…

Frik Els | December 3, 2020 | 12:20 pm

How China is locking up critical resources in the US’s own backyard

China’s global resource grab, and the ramifications for the rest of the world, are on my radar screen. Are they on yours? If not, maybe they should be.

rickmills | January 12, 2018 | 12:16 pm

The raw materials that fuel the Green Revolution

A full green shift still requires plenty of natural resources- they're just not the traditional fossil fuels we're used to.

Visual Capitalist | January 11, 2018 | 11:07 am

Mining profits are super-charged and BlackRock wants to get paid

“A lot of investors were really badly burned, ourselves included.”

Bloomberg News | January 11, 2018 | 8:54 am

Rio Tinto pulls offer for stake in world’s largest lithium miner

Decision doesn’t mean the miner has abandoned plans to capitalize on the electric-car boom, sources familiar with the matter say.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 11, 2018 | 6:58 am

Bacanora seeks expansion of German lithium project with newly acquired exploration licence

The Falkenhain deposit, in the German state of Saxony, is located about 5 km from another Bacanora asset in Germany — the 50%-owned Zinnwald lithium project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 10, 2018 | 6:50 am

Canadian junior plunges ahead with three cobalt projects in B.C.

Vancouver-based Cruz Cobalt is ready to kick off an airborne work program at its three B.C.-based properties amid high prices for the commodity

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 8, 2018 | 9:04 am

$900M Australian rare earths mine given state approval

The mine could supply up to 10% of world demand for neodymium and praseodymium, used in the manufacture of magnets for wind turbines, and electric vehicles.

Andrew Topf | January 7, 2018 | 5:09 pm

CHARTS: Big mining’s surge in value shames tech giants

The mining cycle turned two years ago – gains for the sector's largest companies have far outpaced stocks like Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook since.

Frik Els | January 5, 2018 | 5:22 pm

Cobalt price bulls’ worst fears may just have been confirmed

Breakthrough discovery backed by the US government replaces cobalt with iron in lithium-ion batteries – enabling much cheaper, longer lasting batteries.

Frik Els | January 4, 2018 | 9:03 pm

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