Rare Earth Top Stories

SQM just made it very difficult for Tianqi to access company secrets

The lithium miner, the world’s second largest producer of the white metal, has approved additional measures to protect corporate data considered confidential from China'a Tianqi, which recently bought almost a quarter of the Chilean company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 24, 2019 | 9:06 am

First Cobalt advances Iron Creek

First Cobalt Corp addresses permitting and environmental baseline studies at…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 23, 2019 | 1:59 pm

Toyota, Panasonic setting up EV battery JV amid rising China competition: source

The joint venture, to be owned 51 percent by Toyota…

Reuters | January 23, 2019 | 12:13 pm

Germany to fund research facility for EV battery technology

The German car industry shouldn’t depend on Asian suppliers.

Reuters | January 23, 2019 | 10:04 am

World’s top maker of battery cells for EVs to open German plant in 2021

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) plans to produce 60 gigawatt…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 23, 2019 | 8:57 am

Survey: 72% of miners see the global economy improving

Confidence levels in the sector have improved dramatically over the last 12 months, reaching a two-year high.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 18, 2013 | 6:41 pm

North American rare earth stocks jump on Lynas woes

Opponents of the Australian rare earth miner's controversial Malaysian refinery are calling for a shutdown after an accident at the facility over the weekend killed an engineer.

Frik Els | December 17, 2013 | 10:59 pm

Rio Tinto says Chinese now make ‘much higher quality’ mining equipment

The CEO of world number two miner Rio Tinto said the quality of Chinese mining equipment is catching up and in some instances surpassing that of the major US manufacturers.

Frik Els | December 16, 2013 | 8:13 pm

Miners warned about Indonesia, Brazil, India and South Africa investments

Terrorism, regime instability and resource nationalism, are the main risks mining investors will face in 2014.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 12, 2013 | 11:10 am

Employment prospects for Canadian miners don’t look good

Canadian mining companies are becoming increasingly unwilling to add employees to their payrolls and are reporting the weakest hiring intentions since Q3 2009.

Ana Komnenic | December 10, 2013 | 6:43 pm

Can Juniors borrow instead of raising equity? – Kenton Ralph Toews

Juniors usually raise cash to keep their operations going by issuing new shares.

Sprott Group | December 5, 2013 | 10:24 pm

Molycorp CEO says world needs max three more rare earth mines

Molycorp, Lynas and perhaps one other small player are sufficient to meet light REE demand, while there's room for one or maybe two heavy producers outside China, says outgoing CEO Constantine Karayannopoulos.

Frik Els | December 3, 2013 | 10:58 pm