The discovery by Swedish state-owned miner LKAB could help the continent break away from China’s dominance in the sector.

Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and mining markets reached new levels of turbulence, as the pandemic played out in China and the Ukraine war upended global energy. 

Researchers have patented a new process that neutralizes coal drainage and captures rare-earth elements.

A Rice University report suggests that policymakers in the US and allied countries should counteract the launching of the China Rare Earth Group.

The carmakers have expressed interest in the products that may be extracted at the Penco Module project in central Chile.