Australian Strategic Materials to buy rare earth feedstock from Vietnam The purchased material will be used as feedstock for its Korean Metals Plant. Reuters | May 1, 2023 | 7:41 am
Exploring for terbium? Try the galaxy’s hottest exoplanet Turns out there is terbium on KELT-9, an exoplanet whose average temperature is 4,000 degrees Celsius. Staff Writer | May 1, 2023 | 6:06 am
Peak Rare Earths locks in $18 million to develop Tanzania project Final investment decision on the Ngualla Neodymium and Praseodymium (NdPr) rare earth deposit will be made by the end of September. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 1, 2023 | 3:45 am
No mining allowed in six new Indigenous reserves in Brazil Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ Da Silva issued a decree creating six new Indigenous reserves, most of them in the Amazon, and banning mining in such areas. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 30, 2023 | 12:05 pm
Three-quarters of small earthquakes in South Korea related to mining explosions – study Out of 182,000 small seismic events that took place in seven years in South Korea, 135,000 were related to mining explosions. Staff Writer | April 30, 2023 | 7:34 am
For the first time in 50 years, a woman will lead one of Codelco’s divisions Claudia Cabrera Correa, an executive with 24 years of experience in the mining industry, becomes the first female general manager of the Gabriela Mistral division. Staff Writer | April 30, 2023 | 6:52 am
Mexican Senate expeditiously approves set of laws, mining reform The Mexican Senate approved a new mining law that the mining chamber and Canada rebuked. Reuters | April 29, 2023 | 4:48 pm
Brazil’s Mura people report threats amid pressure to approve Amazon potash mine Their ancestral land overlaps with an area where a Canadian company wants to build a potash mine. Reuters | April 28, 2023 | 4:18 pm
Ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron resource in Nevada soars by 168% The company said it estimates the Rhyolite site now holds enough lithium carbonate to power more than 50 million electric vehicles. Blair McBride | April 28, 2023 | 1:09 pm