Canada’s first rare earth miner in trading halt on expansion rumours
Vital Metals is said to be in final talks to acquire two RREE projects in Quebec, one of which is considered to be the world’s fourth largest dysprosium deposit.
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Top Australian capital raises seek to create mining value
Australia-headquartered miners have been tapping the capital markets in the year to July 14 to raise a total of US$2.33 billion in capital, according to an analysis by the Northern…
Top ten US-based mid-tiers to juniors, excluding coal and precious metals
The companies making up the 2021 top ten list of U.S.-based mid-tiers and juniors, excluding coal and precious metals, have seen some of the most dramatic increases in valuations as…
Canada’s first tech metals mine goes live
Australia’s Vital Metals Limited (ASX: VML) has started rare earth elements production at its Nechalacho project in Canada’s Northwest Territories. In doing so, the company helped solidify Canada’s role globally…
Key vulnerabilities in getting to net zero
In a recent report, the International Energy Agency warned that demand for critical minerals like copper, cobalt, lithium, nickel and rare earth elements needed for clean energy technologies is going…
Energy Fuels ships first consignment of rare earth carbonate to Europe
Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE; UUUU) has shipped the first container of 20 tonnes of mixed rare earth carbonate concentrate to Neo Performance Materials’ (TSX: NEO) Silmet rare earth separation facility in Sillamae, Estonia….
Report outlines what Canada must do to secure supply of critical minerals
The Standing Committee on Natural Resources has presented a report before Canada’s House of Commons that stresses the importance of securing a supply of critical minerals, particularly in the face of China’s…
US tariffs on Chinese permanent magnets counterproductive – report
The US Department of Commerce is set to evaluate whether or not imports of rare earth permanent magnets from China poses a national security threat, but imposing tariffs on products…
Global Mining Symposium: Manitoba’s vast under-explored mineral wealth has much to offer, panel says
Manitoba has ranked in the top 20 of the Fraser Institute’s annual list of the most attractive mining jurisdictions for 21 of the last 23 years, and has an exceptional…
Magnetic nanoparticles to be used to extract lithium from brines in the US
A technology that uses magnetic nanoparticles to capture valuable materials from brines is being launched today by its developer, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and its…
Commodities that will rule the green, digital transition
A new report by Fitch Solutions forecasts that some ‘conventional’ commodities will receive an added boost in the next 20 years as they take a central stage in the green…
Magnet rare earth oxide market to increase fivefold by 2030 – report
A new report by Adamas Intelligence forecasts that the market for magnet rare earth oxides will increase fivefold by 2030 to US$15.65 billion from the current US$2.98 billion. Underpinning this…