Moonshot puts global metals scramble on display
Artemis II is set to lift off tomorrow, spotlighting the geopolitical race for the metals behind modern spaceflight. The flight around the Moon, without landing, will carry astronauts aboard the…
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Infographic: North America’s next rare earths mine?
Rare earths – essential components in electronics, defence applications and electric vehicle batteries – are hot geopolitical items as Western countries seek to secure supplies outside of Chinese control. Exploration…
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 new year. Here are three…
Study suggests Vital Metals as large REE producer
An initial economic study for Vital Metals’ (ASX: VML; US-OTC: VTMXF) Tardiff project in the Northwest Territories outlines output that would make it one of the largest rare earth concentrate…
Editorial: Nato and Trump to the REE rescue
Today’s huge Pentagon deal for MP Materials, the sole producer of rare earth elements (REEs) in the United States, continues the ratcheting up of developments in this formerly obscure sector….
Torngat secures $165M for Strange Lake REE project
Torngat Metals has secured $165 million in government funding for pre-construction work at its Strange Lake rare earth project straddling northern Quebec and Labrador. Export Development Canada is supplying a…
Meteoric Resources takes crown for world’s largest clay-hosted rare earths project
Meteoric Resources’ (ASX: MEI) update of its Caldeira rare earths project in Brazil makes its 1.1 billion-tonne resource the largest ionic adsorption clay deposit in the world by tonnage and…
Vital Metals grows Nechalacho tonnage by 56%
Vital Metals (ASX: VML; US-OTC: VTMXF) says resource definition drilling has boosted its confidence in the early-stage Nechalacho rare earths project, one of the world’s largest. The company reported a…
Global scramble for critical minerals fuelling protectionism
A growing wave of protectionism is sweeping across 72 nations, as governments scramble to secure access to critical minerals essential for strategic industries, new research by global risk intelligence firm…
Saskatchewan plant first to produce rare earth metals in North America
Facility is ready to produce 10 tonnes of neodymium-praseodymium metals per month, with purities greater than 99.5%, SRC said.
Solaris Resources preps to move to Ecuador, months after derailed $130M-deal
Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; NYSE: SLSR) is taking the first steps towards moving its head office to Quito, Ecuador’s capital, almost four months after it blasted a Canadian national security…
Canada invests $16M in critical minerals research in Saskatchewan
The federal government has earmarked more than $16 million in new funding to support the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) in Saskatoon, Sask. The announcement on Wednesday by natural resources…