Global scramble to lift minerals prices in 2026: Fitch
Most mineral and metal prices should edge higher in 2026 as net-zero demand, tighter supply and an intensifying global race for resources offset persistent weakness…
Rare Earths
Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026 – Part 2
Continuing price volatility with rare earths and copper, high costs, disputes over consultation and executive shakeups have some major projects facing uncertainty heading into the…
Norway halts deep sea mining
Norway is hitting pause on deep sea mining after the governing party reached a deal with the opposition to ensure adoption of its latest budget….
Power cuts hit Lynas; Canaccord flags fiscal-2026 earnings risk
Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC; US-OTC: LYSDY) says repeated grid interruptions this month at its new Kalgoorlie cracking-and-leaching plant will leave a shortfall in mixed…
UK to meet 30% of critical mineral needs by 2035
Britain plans to lift the share of critical minerals it gets from domestic mines and recycling to 30% by 2035, up from about 6% today,…
JV Video: Volta Metals cuts strong rare earths in Ontario
A new vertical drill hole at Volta Metals’ (CSE: VLTA) Springer rare earths project near Sudbury, Ont., returned mineralization from top to bottom, averaging about…
Ivanhoe, Qatar to team up on critical metals in Africa
Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund to further advance the company’s exploration efforts in…
American Rare Earths lifts resource for Cowboy State
A resource update for American Rare Earths’ (ASX: ARR) Cowboy State mine (CSM) area, part of its main Halleck Creek project in Wyoming, boosted the…
MP Materials soars on Saudi rare earth JV
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) has teamed up with the U.S. Department of Defense to form a joint venture in Saudi Arabia with Maaden, the kingdom’s…
Vulcan picks NC for $1B rare earth magnet plant
This month, Vulcan entered a $1.4B partnership with ReElement Technologies and the US government to scale development of a domestic rare earth magnet supply chain.
How Lassonde, MAC, Selby assess Canada’s permitting and Carney’s Major Projects Office
If Canadians were unfamiliar with the Ring of Fire before Game One of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles…
China minerals curb could cost US GDP $1B: Macquarie
China’s export controls on certain critical minerals could cut gross domestic product in the United States by more than $1 billion a year, even if…