Rare Earth Top Stories

BHP unveils world-class copper find near Olympic Dam in South Australia

It is already being called by some experts “the thickest high-grade copper intersection seen in years.”

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 27, 2018 | 4:08 am

GM unplugs the Volt, but EVs aren’t dead: Liam Denning

Farewell Chevy Volt, we hardly knew ye.

Bloomberg Opinion | November 26, 2018 | 4:55 pm

Appia drills high grade TREO at Alces Lake

The property, east of Uranium City, returned 10.02% TREO by…

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 26, 2018 | 2:34 pm

Chile is taking Albemarle to International Court over lithium prices

The country's state development agency says Albemarle has failed to…

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 26, 2018 | 10:03 am

Aecon sells contract mining business to North American Construction Group for C$199m

The closing is effective November 23, 2018.

MINING.com Editor | November 23, 2018 | 1:22 pm

Canada’s New Democrats propose law on conflict minerals

The federal bill aims to ensure companies source responsibly.

Kerry Hall | March 26, 2013 | 5:32 am

Japan’s massive rare earth discovery threatens China’s supremacy

The deposit contains rare earths that are 20 to 30 times more concentrated than those coming from China.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 25, 2013 | 6:44 pm

Canadian mining investments in Latin America

INTERACTIVE MAP: Explore active mines by company, country, and the year that the mine was acquired.

MINING.com Editor | March 24, 2013 | 11:10 pm

Australians develop new recovery method for platinum and palladium

Technique could also be applied to purify rare earth elements.

Kerry Hall | March 23, 2013 | 11:22 pm

160-year study of real commodity prices sees beginning of the end of the supercycle

For those with a very long time horizon, the news is good though.

Frik Els | March 15, 2013 | 11:59 pm

Britain plunges into deep sea mining with American company

New industry could bring in as much as $60 billion for the country.

Kerry Hall | March 15, 2013 | 6:27 am

Molycorp racked with writedown, job cuts

Molycorp also warned the first half of 2013 would see weaker performance.

Kerry Hall | March 15, 2013 | 1:21 am

Japanese miner building rare earth recovery plant in the Phillipines

The scandium recovery facility will be built later this year with operations slated to begin in 2014.

Kerry Hall | March 14, 2013 | 4:59 am

Honda’s starts recycling program to extract 80% of rare earths from used hybrid batteries

386 hybrid vehicles damaged in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami prompted the Japanese carmaker to design a new extraction process.

Frik Els | March 10, 2013 | 8:07 pm

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