Hudson Resources to focus on REE project following Greenland uranium ban

The company is reviewing its options for the Nukittooq niobium-tantalum project, also in Greenland.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 15, 2021 | 8:52 am

China to step up strategic mineral resource exploration

Plan includes petroleum, natural gas, copper, chrome, tungsten and rare earths.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 12, 2021 | 7:36 am

Brazilian, US companies join to push for niobium technology for lithium-ion batteries

CBMM recently acquired 20% of US-based start-up Battery Streak with the goal of accelerating new technologies that use niobium for lithium-ion batteries.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 12, 2021 | 5:55 am

Greenland Minerals tanks as uranium ban leaves project in limbo

Greenland’s decision to ban uranium mining and exploration effectively blocked Kvanefjeld, which would produce the metal as by-product.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 12, 2021 | 4:00 am

Value of battery metals in new electric cars set new record

MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index hit a new all-time monthly high as lithium, nickel and cobalt prices continue to rise.

MINING.com Editor | November 10, 2021 | 10:32 am

Greenland bans uranium mining, blocking vast rare earths project

The ban affects the Kvanefjeld rare earths project, one of the world’s biggest, as it would have produced uranium as a by-product.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 10, 2021 | 3:43 am

New UK magnet factory for EVs should copy Chinese playbook

A British magnet factory could be built by 2024 and eventually produce 2,000 tonnes a year of rare earth magnets, enough to supply about 1 million EVs.

Reuters | November 5, 2021 | 7:53 am

UN at COP26: “Enough of mining…we are digging our own graves”

It did not take long for COP26 to turn into a farce with UN Secretary General António Guterres pleading with the gathered highnesses and excellencies to declare enough is enough.

Frik Els | November 2, 2021 | 11:58 am

Nova Scotia’s mining focus expands into critical minerals

Canada is the only Western nation that has an abundance of cobalt, graphite, lithium, and nickel, essential to creating the batteries and EVs of the future.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 1, 2021 | 6:34 am

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