Venture Minerals suspends operations after one shipment

It means the Asian nation now has a larger and lengthier hold on the company’s rare earths output.

Miner has launched the KL Gold Deal Room, an online tool to help attract, assess and refine investment opportunities.

It will invest again in miners Rio Tinto and Nutrien, as well as in retailer Walmart after their exclusions from the fund's investments on ethical grounds were revoked.

The company's decision to stockpile Neodymium Praseodymium (NdPr), used in industrial magnets, was to help it consolidate its position as a preferred supplier to customers outside China.

In the world of metals and mining, sometimes it’s better to sell the raw product rather than the finished one.

Company already has around 60 workers onsite, surveying and clearing for access to project's location.

The final approval from the NSW state government follows a surprise victory for the pro-coal conservative government in an Australian election in which climate change had been a key issue.

The country's Constitutional Court has rejected calls for a referendum, which could have halted the miner's flagship Cascabel and other projects.

The study finds technology and business model obstacles in pursuing full autonomy; urges mining sector to create open and interoperable standards.