Rare Earth Top Stories

Mining’s top 50 companies: two more lithium stocks drop out

The world’s 50 biggest miners gained a combined $42 billion during Q2, but the ranks of lithium stocks in the top tier have halved as valuations plummet.

Frik Els | July 9, 2024 | 5:47 pm

Aclara, VAC team up to boost rare earth magnets production

Alliance is aimed at streamlining the supply chain for rare…

Staff Writer | July 9, 2024 | 9:10 am

Arafura receives Germany nod for up to $115 million loan

Untied Loan Guarantees from a German government inter-ministerial committee, the…

Reuters | July 3, 2024 | 4:58 pm

Shares in China rare earth producers rise after new regulations

Beijing announced regulations aimed at protecting supplies of the strategic…

Reuters | July 1, 2024 | 9:24 am

China tightens management of rare earths with new regulation

Government agencies will have control over the total amount of…

Bloomberg News | June 29, 2024 | 9:10 pm

Rare earths prices seen rebounding in second half of 2024 – analysts

Prices surged to their highest in a decade in 2022 only to plunge last year on increased production in China.

Reuters | February 5, 2024 | 6:57 am

Lynas Rare Earths quits tie-up talks with MP Materials

Lynas Rare Earths said confidential talks have ended with MP Materials for a possible merger.

Reuters | February 5, 2024 | 6:49 am

MP Materials and Lynas explore merger amid rare earth market turmoil — report

The Australian Financial Review suggests the two companies may be in talks to merge, potentially forming the world's largest non-China producers of rare earths.

Staff Writer | February 2, 2024 | 11:27 am

Germany invests $1.1bn to counter China on raw materials

The state fund will focus on cobalt, copper, lithium, silicon, rare earths projects, including in extraction, processing and recycling.

Bloomberg News | February 2, 2024 | 5:13 am

Vietnam rare earths output drops as China’s grows, US says

The USGS revised down its estimates of US rare earths reserves to 1.8 million tons from 2.3 million previously estimated.

Reuters | February 1, 2024 | 7:51 am

Activists, Hollywood take down top 50 mining company

The ranks of the most valuable mining companies in the world were throughly scrambled in 2023 as governments intervened, lithium and nickel prices tumbled, gold hit records and a new listing went ballistic.

Frik Els | January 31, 2024 | 8:31 am