Rare Earth Top Stories

Australia’s Alliance Mineral inks key lithium deal with Chinese EV firm

Joint venture with Jiangxi Special Electric Motor, a major Chinese maker of engines for electric vehicles, will allow Alliance to participate in the downstream lithium products market without having to incur the capital costs or risk associated with the construction of a conversion facility.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 29, 2019 | 3:47 am

Explosions threatening lithium-ion’s edge in a battery race

Another lithium-ion battery has exploded, this time at an energy-storage…

Bloomberg News | April 25, 2019 | 12:02 pm

Canadian miners start 2019 off on the right foot amid mega-deals

Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index — which tracks…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 25, 2019 | 9:16 am

Top miners back autonomous systems guidelines

The document divides operations into six levels, from zero (entirely…

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 24, 2019 | 8:55 am

Lithium use in electric cars sold around the world surges 76%

Shifting battery chemistries sees lithium deployment outpace global electric car…

Frik Els | April 19, 2019 | 1:37 pm

Russia pushes forward plans to mine the moon

The country's ultimate purpose is to extract rare earth elements, breaking China's dominance and pushing prices down.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 28, 2014 | 6:44 pm

China admits 40% of magnetic rare earths supply is illegal

World's dominant supplier of rare earth elements reveals a huge portion of supply used in magnets is illegally mined; much larger than initially anticipated

Simon Moores - Benchmark Mineral Intelligence | October 21, 2014 | 9:10 pm