Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium gets key North Carolina mining permit

The Australian Financial Review suggests the two companies may be in talks to merge, potentially forming the world's largest non-China producers of rare earths.

The shifting economic paradigms of de-dollarization and escalating US debt present a complex landscape for mining.

Industrial metals have had a soft start to the year.

Investors' focus now shifts to Friday's US nonfarm payrolls for further clarity on the Fed's interest rate path.

The funds are for a project from Controlled Thermal Resources Holdings Inc., known as CTR, in California.

Funds including Tribeca Investment Partners, Terra Capital and Anaconda Invest all say the supply dynamics support price increases in 2024.

The USGS revised down its estimates of US rare earths reserves to 1.8 million tons from 2.3 million previously estimated.

Eskay Creek is one of at least six proposed and operating mines dotting the Taku, Stikine, and Unuk Rivers upstream of the US-Canada border.

Overall consumption climbed by about 3% to 4,899 tons last year, supported by strong demand in the OTC market, the World Gold Council says.