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RARE EARTH METALS
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Rare earth breakthrough for scandium supply
April 22, 2021Mytilineos in Greece is working with II-VI to recover scandium from industrial waste streams for new aluminium scandium alloys, additive manufacturing wires and green energy…...
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Rare earths elements and other critical raw materials: a geopolitical headache for the EU
April 20, 2021Rare earth elements play a critical role in the manufacture of electric batteries, solar panels and wind turbines – products that are all necessary for…...
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Why the US is worried about its critical minerals supply chains
April 20, 2021Shutterstock Evgeny_V When U.S. companies build military weapons systems, electric vehicle batteries, satellites and wind turbines, they rely heavily on a few dozen “critical minerals”&hel...
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China to tighten oversight of energy use in steel, aluminium
April 20, 2021China’s industry ministry said on Monday it would compile records this year on energy consumption by key enterprises in energy-intensive industries such as steel, aluminium…...
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Australia has the rare earths to fuel the electric car era
April 20, 2021China dominates the supply of the elusive metals, which are vital to technology, but finding new sources is becoming a global priority An estimated 1.4…...
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Australia pivots as rare earth-EV revolution beckons
April 19, 2021‘Australia’s got an opportunity here not just to dig it up and ship it … we could become a world leader’ While China controls the…...
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The race for rare earth minerals: can Australia fuel the electric vehicle revolution?
April 19, 2021China dominates supply of the elusive metals, which are vital to modern technology, but finding new sources is becoming a global priority Stockpiles of rare…...
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China’s eyes on rare earths treasure uncovered in Tanzania
April 16, 2021Australian mining firm reveals its East African project could develop into one of the world’s most important minerals and metals finds The move to electric…...
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Rare rocks: Reuse and substitutes of critical resources
April 15, 2021As the need for critical raw materials like lithium and silicon skyrockets, recycling could reduce the need for new mines. But scientists are also exploring…...
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Greenland vote damages China’s rare earth plans
April 15, 2021The Cold War between China and the United States is extending into many sectors and remote corners of the world — even Greenland, the world’s…...
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Biden’s Electric Cars Will Have To Run on Chinese Batteries
April 13, 2021BERLIN, GERMANY – DECEMBER 11: An electric car charges at a public charging station in the city center on December 11, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.…...
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China won’t be putting its Greenland ambitions on ice just yet
April 8, 2021The Arctic islanders may have chosen a new, less mining-friendly government, but that won’t stop Beijing coveting its immense rare earths resources China has already…...
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Greenland’s elections just bolstered China’s tech world domination plan
April 8, 2021Wait… what? Strap in for the story of an Australian rare earth miner, partly owned by China, and worries about uranium dust The future of…...
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Greenland says no to China-backed rare-earth mine in election
April 7, 2021Party opposed to Kvanefjeld project wins, denting Beijing’s ambitions Voters waiting to cast their ballot during the parliamentary election outside the Inussivik arena in Nuuk, Greenland on Tues...
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Chinese Rare-Earth Project in Doubt After Greenland Opposition Wins Election
April 7, 2021People queue to vote, in the Inussivik arena in Nuuk, Greenland, on April 6, 2021. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) Voters in Greenland have given…...
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How Greenland election could cut Australia’s access to critical rare earth minerals
April 6, 2021Greenland is home to the world’s largest undeveloped rare earths project Australian firm Greenland Minerals holds the licence to the Kvanefjeld project The snap election on…...
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A Row Over Rare-Earth Deposits Could Bring Down Greenland’s Government
April 6, 2021Giant icebergs float in the fjord in the southern Greenland town of Narsaq, the site of a controversial Australian-led uranium and rare-earth mining project. The…...
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Florida Toxic Waste Crisis Could Be Key to China Rare Earths Fight
April 6, 2021Cleaning up radioactive tailings from old phosphate mines could be an opportunity for the U.S. to counter Beijing’s hold on strategic resources. The old Piney Point phosphate…...
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King: China’s rare earths monopoly controls our destiny
April 5, 2021APRIL 5, 2021 – A photo taken on August 20, 2012 shows a general view of a rare earth refinery north of the inner Mongolian…...
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China Could ‘Weaponise’ its Dominance in Rare Earths Market, Warn UK Security Experts
April 5, 2021The hi-tech trappings of the global world are driving a growing demand for rare earth metals, as they are used in things like batteries, smartphones,…...
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Rare earth sustainability critical for green revolution
April 5, 2021Investment in the supply of rare earths, including better waste management and recycling, is essential if the UK is going to undergo a green industrial…...
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What are rare earth elements, and why are they important?
April 5, 2021As technology advances, rare earth elements have become more important, but what are they, and why do they matter? Rare earth elements, a group of…...
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China’s rare earth exports rise by 28pc in Jan-Feb
April 5, 2021A significant rebound in stockpiling demand from key consumer countries boosted Chinese rare earth exports during January-February after declines in 2019-20. China’s total shipments during&helli...
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Rare earths mining is taking center stage in Greenland’s snap election
March 31, 2021Kvanefjeld mountain in Greenland, one of the world’s biggest rare earth deposits. Arguably, rare earths triggered Greenland’s upcoming election. The previous coalition government collapsed in February...
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How to Ease China’s Hold on Rare Earths
March 31, 2021The Biden administration should partner with allies and invest in research to ensure the supply of critical minerals. The U.S. has only one operating rare-earths mine.Recent…...
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Pentagon takes steps to counter China’s rare-earth monopoly
March 30, 2021US imports 80% of its rare-earth compounds and metals from China The Pentagon in Washington, US, is seen from aboard Air Force One on March…...
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China tightens rules on rare earths amid global race
March 29, 2021rare earth Photo: VCG China has moved to further heighten regulation of rare earths production in a new guideline, a move that aims to develop…...
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Rare earth quandary: China has US by the throat
March 29, 2021‘The good news is that friendly nations like Canada, Australia, and India are naturally rich in rare earths’ Australia’s Vital Metals is getting ready to…...
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China’s Monopoly on Rare Earth Metals is a Critical National Security Risk
March 29, 2021The sooner that the United States and its allies free themselves from dependence on China, the sooner they will free themselves from the CCP’s ability…...
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Uranium Has That Healthy Glow Again
March 24, 2021It has been just over a decade since the Fukushima disaster and the nuclear-fuel industry is cautiously betting prospects for its products have finally recovered. Some of…...
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China’s rare earth supplies disrupted by Myanmar tumult
March 22, 2021Myanmar is a key supplier of the ores to Chinese processors and traders but political turmoil is causing unexplained shipment delays A rare earth mineral…...
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Under-The-Radar Plays In Metals & Mining
March 19, 2021Mining cart in silver, gold, copper mine TTSTUDIO SHUTTERSTOCK We have seen a tsunami of new interest in silver, especially from a younger crowd, and…...
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China opens rapidly-built national rare earths R&D centre
March 17, 2021Industry base ribbon-cutting will help reassert the country’s hugely dominant position in the metals and minerals mining sector China is the planet’s biggest supplier of…...
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North Korean Companies Hoard Rare-Earth Elements for Future Trade with China
March 17, 2021A North Korean soldier stands guard in front of sacks of ore on the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of…...
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China sweats as world ramps up independent rare earth plans
March 16, 2021The planet’s biggest supplier of the metals and minerals vital to the tech industry has benefited from being the dominant force in the sector for…...
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Researchers find new way to locate untapped rare earths deposits worldwide
March 15, 2021Fayalite crystal group from the Eifel region, Germany. (Image by Fred Kruijen, Wikimedia Commons). Geologists and materials scientists at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg discovered a new way&hell...
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Rare Earths 101: Digging Up the Facts, with Jordy Lee
March 15, 2021In this episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Jordy Lee, a senior research associate at the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines. Lee…...
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Rare earths, their strategic significance, China’s monopoly & why it matters to the Quad
March 15, 2021In episode 702 of ‘Cut The Clutter’, Shekhar Gupta explains how rare earths are a critical & strategic asset and how China has been using…...
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Russia plans to become a global leader in rare and rare earth metals production
March 5, 2021Local media sources reported that Russia, which has lost its leading position in the rare and rare earth metals (RM-REE) market as an aftermath of…...
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The Coming Battle Over Rare Earths
March 5, 2021An excavator loads a truck with rare earth elements at a port in Lianyungang, China, March 10, 2013 (Imaginechina photo by Wang Chun via AP).…...
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Rare Earth, Real Returns: This ETF Is Up Over 125%
March 5, 2021Whether its clean energy, consumer electronics, or national defense, rare earths may not get the limelight they deserve. Yet they are pivotal parts of our…...
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Essential Geopolitics: Who Controls Rare Earth Elements?
March 4, 2021In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from Stratfor, a RANE company, Emily Donahue speaks with Rebecca Keller, director of analysis for Stratfor’s geopolitical…...
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Rare Truths About China’s Rare Earths
March 4, 2021Environmentalists and markets can end Beijing’s monopoly on minerals for smartphones and more. Wonder Land: Is Trumpism separable from Donald Trump? Or, like Louis XIV,…...
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China turns to innovation during rare earth boom
March 4, 2021The high demand for magnetic materials from makers of appliances and electric vehicles has helped drive a multi-faceted recovery for the sector, causing a rise…...
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China worries over rare-earth supply disruption from Myanmar coup
March 4, 2021Decade after drastic cut in exports to Japan, Beijing sees the tables turned China heavily relies on imports of rare-earth minerals, mainly from the U.S. and…...
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Unearthing The Rare Earths Investment Opportunity
March 4, 2021Summary Given recent developments in geopolitical interests and environmental applications of strategic metals, we believe now is an exciting time to explore investment opportunities in…...
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The Rise and Fall of Nations; The Future of Rare Earths
March 3, 2021On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, host Christian Smith discusses the geopolitics of rare earths with East Asia expert Phillip Orchard; Managing Editor Cole Altom…...
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The Politics of Rare Earth Metals
March 3, 2021Rare earth metals and their alloys populate many of our everyday devices: rechargeable batteries, cell phones, magnets, fluorescent lighting, and the list goes on. But,…...
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Rare Earth, Uranium Miners Benefit From EV Mania and Dash of ESG
March 3, 2021BC-Rare-Earth-Uranium-Miners-Benefit-From-EV-Mania-and-Dash-of-ESG , Aoyon Ashraf Rare earth miners and uranium producers are reaping rewards from the flood of money pouring into electrification and E...
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Race for rare earth metals in Greenland underscores the polluting side of clean energy
March 3, 2021An aerial view of the Kringlerne rare earth deposit, near the town of Narsaq, in southern Greenland, in an undated 2010 handout photo. TANBREEZ CEO…...
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Morrison to launch 10-year critical minerals ‘value-add plan’
March 3, 2021Prime Minister Scott Morrison will press business and industry to help lift efforts to develop as quickly as possible a domestic critical minerals processing capacity amid…...
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China Shoots Itself In The Rare Earth Foot; Again!
March 3, 2021China’s threat to limit the export of rare earths which are essential in a range of technologies, including weapons systems, is starting to have a…...
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China rare earth stocks ‘on fire’
March 2, 2021Rare element minerals are loaded into trucks at a port in northeast China in this file photo by AFP. At noon on Monday (March 1),…...
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No signs China to restrict rare earth exports: Gov
March 1, 2021There are no signs that China will restrict its rare earth exports in the near term, despite market discussions outside of China after the country…...
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China seeks to raise prices of rare earths
March 1, 2021Rare earth mine in China China’s rare earths are underpriced due to vicious competition and face low resource utilisation, which would lead to a race…...
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China’s rare earths facing ‘race to the bottom’ due to underpricing
March 1, 2021China’s rare earths exports hit a five-year low in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic-stricken overseas demand and rising supply in domestic industries Rare earths are…...
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China says domestic competition hurting rare earth prices
March 1, 2021China’s rare earths, a group of 17 minerals used in military equipment and consumer electronics, are being undersold due to “vicious competition” domestically and face…...
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Why Rare Earths Matter for American Security
March 1, 2021They may not actually be super rare, but access to these materials does impact American technology and the U.S. military. For one-third of the price…...
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China’s rare earth dominance casts shadow over Europe’s ambitious climate targets
February 25, 2021China provides 98 per cent of the minerals needed to power a clean economy, top official says But with Chinese companies also hoovering up resources…...
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Biden sends warning to China on chips and rare earths
February 25, 2021US President signs executive order for a review of supply chains for semiconductor chips, rare earth elements, pharmaceuticals and large batteries; said he would seek…...
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China Rattles Its Rare-Earth-Minerals Saber, Again
February 25, 2021Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, in 2010. The Financial Times broke an important story on February 16…...
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EU, U.S. exploring new sources of Rare Earth Minerals, should China limit exports
February 25, 2021Reports are emerging that China is considering the restriction of the export of rare earth minerals, as a result of tensions with the U.S. Given China controls…...
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China Tightens Control Over Management of Rare Earths
February 25, 2021On January 15, 2021, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (“MIIT”) issued the draft version of the Regulations on Rare Earth Management to gather public opinions…...
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Japan’s rare earth metals quandary is far from over
February 24, 2021The country’s growing need for both industrial and rare earth metals will force it to invest in overseas projects to source the copper and other…...
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The Rare Earth Conundrum
February 24, 2021ullstein bild/Getty Images Bob Looney teaches economics at the Naval Postgraduate School in California. The strategic importance of rare earth elements has skyrocketed in recent years. REEs…...
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US and allies to build ‘China-free’ tech supply chain
February 24, 2021Exclusive: Biden to sign presidential order to bolster chip, battery and rare-earth industries The issue of tech supply chains has taken on added urgency with…...
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Rare earth crisis looms following China’s export clamp-down
February 24, 2021China’s bid to limit exports of rare earth elements look set to cause fresh headaches for the global supply chain – potentially triggering a surge…...
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Canada’s Rare Earths Could Crush China’s Dominance
February 23, 2021Soil containing various rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, China, in a file photo. (STR/AFP via Getty Images) “The Middle East…...
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China’s Weaponization of Rare Earths Is Bound to Backfire
February 23, 2021There was a time when China could cause the world to tremble by threatening its supply of rare earths. It’s long in the past. That’s…...
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China rare earths prices see post-New Year rises as high as 22%
February 23, 2021Analysts say output targets have been lifted to cater for increasing demand from the automaker, wind power and air conditioning industries – and also to…...
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Not enough rare metals to scale up solar power
February 22, 2021Preface. Sunshine may be free, but the materials to make solar contraptions sure aren’t. Since sunshine arrives in a diluted form (2500 kWh/m2), vast expanses…...
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Rare Earths – A National Security And Environmental Threat
February 22, 2021What has Happened: As relations with China remain strained economically, politically, and militarily, renewed attention is being paid to China’s dominance of rare earth mining…...
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China’s Waning Rare Earths Advantage
February 22, 2021Beijing won’t be able to threaten to cut off adversaries from critical supplies of the commodities for much longer. In 1992, during a visit to…...
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China raises rare earth output quotas to record high
February 22, 2021China increased its rare earth mining quotas for the first-half of the year to a record level of 84,000 tonnes, a 27.6% jump from a…...
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China Controls Majority of Rare Earth Minerals – Not Wakanda.
February 19, 2021Does That Pose a Threat to the DoD? Due to the skyrocketing price of gold and precious stones in recent years, it would be easy…...
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China hikes half-year rare earth output quotas to record level
February 19, 2021China on Friday hiked its rare earth output quotas for the first half of the year by more than 27% to record levels, potentially easing…...
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China May Ban Rare Earth Technology Exports on Security Concerns
February 19, 2021Neodymium at the Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech Co. factory in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China. Photographer:BloombergNelson Ching/ , Bloomberg China may ban the export…...
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A Chinese rare earths giant is building international alliances worldwide
February 19, 2021As the US takes steps to restore a full rare earths supply chain onto American soil, a Chinese rare earths giant is embedding itself more deeply into…...
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Rare Earths, Economic Versus National Security, and the WTO Vaccine Debate
February 18, 2021In this episode, Andrew and the Trade Guys break down reports that China is mulling export restrictions on rare earth minerals, a move that could…...
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China Targets America’s Rare Earth Vulnerability
February 18, 2021A F-35 fighter jet takes off for a training mission at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah, on March 15, 2017. (George Frey/Getty Images)…...
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Whether China plays ‘rare-earth card’, there will be no winner in China-US decoupling
February 18, 2021Rare earths are unloaded at a port in Southwest China’s Chongqing on May 9 Photo: IC The Financial Times published an article on Tuesday entitled,…...
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Tussle over rare earth elements heating up
February 17, 2021An Airman directs an F-35A Lightning II pilot to stop for a hot pit refuel at Hill Air Force Base. The US government awarded contracts…...
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The age of empire is back
February 17, 2021The battle over raw materials will decide who rules the world China is winning the fight over who controls rare earth metals (Photo by Vadim…...
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China not targeting US in rare earths exports, but option remains
February 17, 2021Rare earths are unloaded at a port in Southwest China’s Chongqing on May 9 in 2019. Photo: IC Draft rules aim to boost industry, protect national…...
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China’s intent on rare earth exports ‘malicious’: Gordon Chang
February 17, 2021Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang on China’s dominance in rare earth metals and he also argues that the Chinese Communist Party probably wouldn’t be…...
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The rare earth age is back
February 16, 2021“There is oil in the Middle East; there is rare earth in China.” Deng Xiaoping Published in October 2015, David S. Abrahmam’s book, The Elements of…...
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Why China plot to weaponise rare earth exports to the green economy may not just be sabre rattling
February 16, 2021Beijing is evaluating impact of export curbs on US ability to build weapons Around half a tonne of rare earth magnetic metals go into each…...
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China mulls export curbs on rare earths, report says
February 16, 2021PAYBACK? The ‘Financial Times’ reported that Beijing asked industry officials how badly firms in the US and Europe would be hurt by restricted rare earth exports…...
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China Rare Earth Resource Nationalism
February 16, 2021China Threatens To Hobble US Defense Industry By Limiting Export Of Rare-Earth Metals China has been quietly exploring the economic damage it could inflict to…...
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Possible impact of Myanmar coup on China’s metal and rare earth supply
February 11, 2021Myanmar’s military coup and declaration of a state of emergency has sparked concern in neighbouring China over metal and mineral supplies amid already high tin,…...
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Rare earth, battery juniors look to equity markets
February 11, 2021New energy companies are turning to the soaring equity markets to fund their future expansion. A flurry of reverse mergers among companies that produce minerals…...
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China, Hong Kong shares rise as metal and rare earth firms shine
February 9, 2021* SSEC +1.2%, CSI300 +1.5%, HIS +0.4% * China reports zero locally transmitted infections for a second day * Non-ferrous metal and rare earth stocks…...
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Rare earths demand set to rise, as new windfarms suck in supply
February 8, 2021China has traditionally controlled the world’s rare earth supply The latest big news in green energy is that South Korea looks set to invest US$43bn…...
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The US is taking steps towards breaking China’s rare earths monopoly
February 5, 2021Another rare earths company may soon be going public in the US, presenting new opportunities for private investment in the domestic critical metals industry—a sector…...
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The not-so-secret weapon of China: rare earth metals
February 5, 2021China controls the global supply of elements used in everything from computers to electric cars Title image: Rare earth metals mine in China. While the…...
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Outlook on the Rare Earth Magnet Global Market to 2025
February 4, 2021The Global Rare Earth Magnet Market valued at USD 13298.44 Million in the year 2019 has been witnessing lucrative growth owing to stringent regulatory standards…...
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China rare earth shares surge after Burma coup
February 3, 2021The potential for disruption to exports of rare earth ores from Myanmar (Burma) after this week’s military takeover has sparked a surge in the share…...
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Autos need finite rare earth, critical, & precious metals
February 3, 2021An electric car uses five times as much minerals as a conventional car (IEA 2020): IEA, Minerals used in selected power generation technologies, IEA, Paris…...
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China warns US on crossing red line; Myanmar & China; US invests in rare earth
February 2, 2021China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi warns Biden not to cross China’s ‘red line’ China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi warned America not to cross the country’s…...
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Will the world see a rare-earth contest between China, US?
February 2, 2021Rare earth Photo: VCG The US is embarking on an effort to promote domestic production of rare earths in a bid to break China’s grip…...
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US threat to reimpose sanctions on Myanmar may drive up prices of rare earth, insiders say
February 2, 2021File photo: VCG China’s rare earths imports have remained unaffected by the political event in Myanmar, according to industry insiders, but the long-term impact, including…...
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China rare earth ore imports unaffected by Burma crisis
February 1, 2021China’s imports of rare earth ores are so far unaffected by the political crisis in Myanmar (Burma) as there have been no disruptions to rare…...
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Regulations loosened on foreign investment in rare earths in Hainan
February 1, 2021Rare earth. Photo: VCG China is easing regulations prohibiting foreign investment in the sectors of rare earths and radioactive minerals in South China’s Hainan Province…...
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China Raises Threat Level Over Rare Earths
January 29, 2021Shipments of strategic minerals plunge under new export controls. Samples of rare earth minerals from left: Cerium oxide, Bastnaesite, Neodymium oxide and Lanthanum carbonate at…...
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China is feeling insecure about its global rare earths dominance
January 28, 2021Earlier this month, China published seven pages of draft legislation aimed at stepping up regulation of the country’s rare earths industry. It includes a more…...
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Rare earths prices continuing on an ever upward curve
January 28, 2021The insatiable appetite for the precious metals that our smartphones, electric cars, wind turbines and even air conditioners need to work shows no sign of…...
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EU pins hope on Norway raw materials discovery
January 26, 2021Norway has discovered a huge deposit of critical raw materials. This could make the EU less dependent on China and Russia and boost the bloc’s…...
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Rare Earths and the Free World: Who Will Vie with China in the Global Green Race?
January 26, 2021On January 16, details came to light on new cooperation between the four countries of Japan, the United States, Australia and India, aimed at stabilizing…...
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China exports more rare earth magnet materials in 2020
January 26, 2021China exported more rare earth permanent magnetic materials (HS code 85051110) in 2020 on higher demand from Asia-Pacific. Germany, the US and South Korea remained…...
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China raises US rare earth imports in 2020
January 22, 2021China’s imports of rare earth metal ores from the US rose by 54pc from a year earlier in 2020 to the highest level since China…...
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Rare earth stocks rise again in China trading
January 22, 2021Rare earth elements are enjoying greater demand from their use in electric vehicles, wind-power turbines and even for military use. Photo: Baijiuhao Baidu. After two…...
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Rare earth prices go through the roof as China tightens supply
January 21, 2021A rare earth mine in Baotou in China’s Inner Mongolia region. The government has proposed a law to confirm that rare earths are important strategic…...
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China moves to restrict rare earths exports. Could cobalt be next?
January 21, 2021New rules from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology make clear that Beijing aims to tighten export controls on rare earth metals, a group…...
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China tightens strategic control of rare earths
January 19, 2021Watchdog releases draft rule which covers management of rare-earth production, investment management and supervision Roughly 80% of rare earth metals go into high-temperature superalloys, especially&h...
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Rare Earths First? Or Last?
January 19, 2021Source: AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File As Joe Biden and Kamala Harris take the reins of government and launch their program to “transition” America away from…...
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Rare earths, PGMS, and battery metals – Key investing themes for 2021
January 19, 2021It was hedge fund legend Ray Dalio who said: “He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.” But peer into the dim…...
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Irish scientists discover how rare earth mineral is formed
December 17, 2020TCD scientists Adrienn Maria Szucs and Dr Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco whose research shows a new path to bastnäsite formation. Irish scientists have discovered how a…...
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Energy Fuels to begin rare earths processing in 2021
December 17, 2020Energy Fuels’ White mesa Mill. Image credit: Energy Fuels. US uranium mining company Energy Fuels announced that it has entered into a three-year supply arrangement…...
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New path to rare earth mineral formation has implications for green energy and smart tech
December 17, 2020IMAGE: FIRST AUTHOR ADRIENN MARIA SZUCS WITH PROFESSOR JUAN DIEGO RODRIGUEZ-BLANCO IN TRINITY’S MUSEUM BUILDING view more CREDIT: TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Researchers from Trinity College ...
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Greenland Minerals chairman shows faith in rare earth strategy with on-market purchase
December 2, 2020The company is positioning itself to become a major international rare earth supplier as it approaches the development window at its Kvanefjeld Project. The Kvanefjeld…...
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China’s Southern Rare Earth ups Tb, Ho, Gd, Dy prices
December 1, 2020Chinese medium and heavy rare earths producer Southern Rare Earth has continued to raise its weekly prices for terbium, holmium, gadolinium and dysprosium, supported by…...
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The rare earths ‘basket problem’ is intensifying
December 1, 2020The transition to a green economy represents a major opportunity for rare earths demand in the coming decades, with so-called ‘magnet rare earths’ – especially…...
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China enforces new export controls, red letter day for rare earths
December 1, 2020New law means China now has a mechanism to further reduce rare earth exports; and prices of these mineral elements have continued to rise, while…...
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Export control law to affect rare earths, UAVs
November 30, 2020Measure provides deterrent in talks with US Rare earths are unloaded at a port in Southwest China’s Chongqing on May 9 Photo: IC A new…...
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New procedure will reduce the need for rare metals
November 30, 2020Researchers from Kanazawa University are working to improve the long-term sustainability of pharmaceutical and other chemical syntheses Kanazawa, Japan – Pharmaceuticals, plastics, and many othe...
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America and China’s Chess Match for the Future of Green Energy
November 29, 2020America is losing the race to green energy to China, and that’s bad news for us. Over the past two decades, China has quietly built…...
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Down to rare earth: Canada ignores China’s resource power grab at its own peril
November 27, 2020High-purity cesium-133 stored in argon WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Steven Fletcher was the member of Parliament for Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia from 2004 to 2015 and Canada’s first permanently…...
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European coalition to secure access to 30 critical raw materials
November 27, 2020Cinovec lithium and tin project in the Czech Republic, expected to become the first EU producer of battery-grade lithium compounds. (Image courtesy of European Metals.) The…...
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Share Prices Rocket As The Rare Earth Rush Is Rebooted
November 27, 2020From the frozen hills of Greenland to the outback of Australia a rush has restarted for rare earths, a family of metals essential in electric…...
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RARE EARTH METALS – A SOLID 2020 INVESTMENT IN STABLE MARKETS
November 27, 2020There exists a good way of preserving your currency at times of financial crisis through making an investment rare earth metals. There will probably always…...
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Concerns about export restrictions drive up rare-earth prices
November 26, 2020A rare-earth mining operation in Baotou, North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Photo: cnsphoto Chinese export control law that will take effect starting on December…...
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The Importance of Rare-Earth Elements Mining in America
November 26, 2020Here’s how the U.S. can get back on the right side of the Technochasm While science-fiction novelists have speculated about space mining for more than…...
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Rare earth dependency presents real opportunities for recyclers
November 25, 2020The need to close the loop on rare earth metals and a bigger role for the recycling industry in sourcing these key elements have been…...
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US-China rivalry: US invests US$12.7 million in rare earth producers to reduce reliance on China
November 24, 2020Bulk of funding goes to MP Materials, which owns the world’s largest rare earth mine outside China US has traditionally depended its strategic rival for…...
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Rare-Earth Elements: A National Security Crisis
November 24, 2020Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine “The Middle East has the oil, but China has the rare earths,” spoken by Deng Xiaoping, Supreme Leader of China,…...
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A US rare earths miner is staging a comeback to take on China
November 16, 2020The Mountain Pass rare earths mine in California’s Mojave desert has had its ups and downs through the years. Once the world’s largest producer of…...
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Critical minerals and the new geopolitics
November 12, 2020The climate crisis and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with its breakthrough technologies such as artificial intelligence and 5G networks, are setting the world on a…...
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Rare earth prices rise as markets wait for new export law
November 11, 2020The town of Baotou in Inner Mongolia is the hub of rare earth production in China, which dominates the global trade in the 17 rare…...
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A Rare-Earth Minerals Miner Is a Play on Electric Vehicles
November 11, 2020Raw ore is transported at the Mountain Pass mine in California, operated by MP Materials. Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg Another electric-vehicle-related SPAC merger is moving closer to fruition. The…...
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Joint Korean-Australian Project Targets China’s Rare Earth Control
November 9, 2020A joint South Korean-Australian mineral processing research project is showing potential to eat into China’s dominance of the high-value and strategically important rare earth industry.…...
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China dynamics offer rare earth opportunities
November 9, 2020Australian producers could benefit as the US looks to diversify where it sources this metal, used in anything from technology to healthcare. Even with Joe…...
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Tanzania Finalizing Permit For its First Rare-Earth Metals Mine
November 5, 2020Tanzania is in the final stages of approving a permit for the country’s first rare earths mine to Australian company Peak Resources Ltd. as the…...
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China’s September rare earth exports declined sharply by 43.9% on year
November 5, 2020China’s rare earth exports in September stood at 2,003.3 mt, down 43.9% from a year earlier. Rare earth export value in September stood at 130…...
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TikTok owner takes a bite of rare earths market
November 4, 2020Bytedance buys nugget producer as prices for key tech material surge TikTok parent company Bytedance has bought a rare earth company as it seeks to…...
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China’s crazy rare earth market returns
November 3, 2020Trading on China’s A-share market saw very active movement by “central government heavyweights” in the state-owned sector on Tuesday November 3, which was so positive…...
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Push for trading exchange to stabilise rare earth pricing in China
November 3, 2020The creation of various indexes and an exchange to stabilise prices and sales is being considered, key figures in the Chinese sector say As the…...
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China plans big expansion of rare earth business
October 23, 2020Country has seen a 76% year-on-year increase in new firms involved in the sector in Q4 2020 According to the company registration data, Inner Mongolia…...
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Global Rare Earths Elements in High-Tech Industries Report 2020
October 23, 2020This report analyzes applications and markets for rare earth materials, with particular emphasis on high-tech industries such as semiconductors, HDDs, LCDs, consumer products, and green…...
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China plays rare earths ‘Trump card’
October 22, 2020China has passed an export control law that seeks to punish US restrictions on the use of Chinese technology by choking American access to critical…...
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Securing the Critical Minerals Supply Chain
October 22, 2020The U.S. Department of Commerce (John Sonderman, https://flic.kr/p/T2dwAW; CC BY-NC 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/). From the military to the technology sector, various American ...
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Breakingviews – Rare earths
October 22, 2020RARE OPPORTUNITIES. Australian rare-earth producer Lynas enjoyed a recovery in the first quarter of fiscal 2021, despite and because of the virus. Easing Covid-19 restrictions…...
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China export control law highlights rare earth supply issues, say juniors
October 20, 2020China’s new export control law once again highlights the need to diversify supply of rare earth metals away from the world’s second largest economy, junior…...
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China strikes back? Could China put export bans on rare earth metals?
October 20, 2020A new export control law is expected tobecome law December 1st in China.“Because of the wide ambit of the law, China can also use it…...
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China passes export control law with potential for rare-earths ban
October 19, 2020Legislation empowers government to cast wide net on foreign companies. Containers wait to be shipped in China’s Dalian port. (Photo by Akira Kodaka) China’s top…...
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China plans global dominance of rare earths, versus rival USA
October 16, 2020But another race is also underway, to research and patent new rare earth applications, and that is a race China may be losing Excavators load…...
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Mkango Resources sets itself for rare earths upswing as EVs take off
October 15, 2020An investment at the project level from major commodities trader Talaxis is helping it along Mkango Resources Factsheet Mkango Resources Ltd’s (LON:MKA) Songwe Hill rare earth…...
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Time for transformation amid export slump
October 14, 2020China’s rare earth still needs an edge up in technology for high-end products A rare-earth mining operation in Baotou, North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region…...
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China cuts rare earths exports by 43% in Sept, builds stockpile
October 14, 2020China’s Ministry of Commerce said the sharp drop was due to the coronavirus impact and ‘trade business based on changes in international market demand and…...
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Apple’s new iPhone 12 is made from recycled rare earth minerals
October 14, 2020View photos In this photo illustration the new iPhone12 Pro is seen displayed on an iPad screen. (Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/Sipa USA) Amid the fanfare of Apple’s…...
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Apple’s rare earth recycling steps up environmental response
October 13, 2020Apple said Tuesday its newest iPhones would be produced using recycled rare earth materials, as part of a stepped up environmental initiative which also has…...
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China’s rare earth still needs an edge up in technology for high-end products
October 13, 2020China is the world’s biggest supplier of rare-earth elements, the crucial component in an array of high tech and military applications. However, due to a…...
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Rare Earth Metals Get The Presidential Treatment
October 8, 2020Last Wednesday, the president signed an executive order addressing the threat posed by the United States’ overreliance on “critical minerals” from “foreign adversaries.” To be more specific,…...
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Countering China on rare earth minerals
October 8, 2020President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at countering China’s drive to corner the international market on rare earth minerals — key elements used in high-tech…...
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Battle for rare earths escalates as Pentagon gets involved
October 7, 2020China Central TV says the US government is ready to use a law from the 1950s to speed up domestic production of rare earths in…...
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Boris Johnson promises a UK offshore wind revolution – but China holds the monopoly on vital ‘rare earth’ metals
October 7, 2020It wasn’t so long ago that the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, said wind turbines “couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding”. He now seems to…...
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DOE awards US$1.95 million for critical minerals and rare earth elements
October 6, 2020The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy selected 13 projects to receive approximately US$1.95 million in federal funding to develop conceptual designs…...
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Why are the US and China competing for rare earth minerals?
October 6, 2020The little known minerals are used in nearly every industry and high-tech device, with China controlling more than 90 percent of the world’s production. Last…...
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The tech crisis that isn’t: China controls the world’s rare earth supply chains
October 2, 2020Is it a crisis when a country holds a commanding lead in supplying a critical global market successfully manages to avoid disrupting that market amid…...
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Trump issues new order to spur rare earths mining
October 1, 2020The directive, issued late Wednesday night, asks the Interior Department to explore using the 70-year-old Defense Production Act to speed up development of mines. (Image…...
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Trump orders increased mining of rare-earth minerals to counter China
October 1, 2020President Trump signed an executive order declaring a national emergency in the mining industry, ordering the Interior Department to increase domestic production of rare-earth materials to reduce&hell...
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‘Simply implausible’ for rare earths production to keep up, warns Adamas
September 30, 2020The current slow pace of rare earth development risks a huge mis-match in supply and forecast demand, wrote Adamas Research in a report released Monday.…...
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‘Astronomical’ rare earth demand growth forecast
September 29, 2020Research and advisory services firm Adamas Intelligence is forecasting “astronomical” demand growth for certain rare earth minerals in the 2030s and has said that the supply-side of…...
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Pensana Rare Earths awarded issue of equity
September 28, 2020Pensana Rare Earths Plc has announced that Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA), the Angolan Sovereign Wealth Fund, has recently agreed to make a further equity…...
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Altona to raise £0.5m to fund rare earth elements strategy
September 24, 2020Mining exploration company Altona Energy said on Thursday that it is looking to raise up to £0.5m to fund its new rare earth element strategy. The AIM-traded…...
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China’s exports of vital rare earths drop 62%
September 24, 2020Reasons for this are not clear, but Beijing warned last year it would restrict supplies to the US because of the trade war; meanwhile a…...
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Capitalizing on Alberta’s mineral potential
September 23, 2020Alberta’s government has struck an expert panel to help the province diversify its economy and become a world leader in mineral resource production. The five-member…...
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US Department of Energy to provide $122m for research on rare earths
September 23, 2020The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced its plans to provide $122m in federal financing for ‘cost-shared’ research and development of rare earth elements…...
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DOE backs REE recovery from coal waste
September 22, 2020The US Department of Energy has granted up to US$1 million towards a Texas Mineral Resources (TMRC) project that aims to produce rare earth elements…...
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Stevie Barnett | Opportunity For Ja To Capitalise On Rare Earth Elements
September 22, 2020The world is in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is characterised by a range of new technologies that will fuse the physical,…...
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Mining Rare-Earth Elements from Fossilized Fish
September 21, 2020Strange as it might seem, a 2,500-square-kilometer zone south of one tiny Pacific island could supply four substances that are crucial to modern electronics for…...
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Indian-Pacific Quad working together to break Chinese monopoly on rare earth elements
September 18, 2020In a bid to break the Chinese monopoly on processing rare earth elements, the Indian-Pacific Quad comprising of India, Japan, Australia and the United States…...
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Ending China’s Chokehold on Rare-Earth Minerals
September 18, 2020The U.S. and allies can break Beijing’s monopoly on elements vital to electronics and national defense. China dominates the global market in rare-earth minerals, producing…...
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World’s development of rare earths on shaky ground as China tension grows
September 16, 2020Most of the world’s phones, cameras and electric cars are dependent on minerals that are currently exclusively processed in China. As the geopolitical tension between…...
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Mkango’s Malawi exploration unearths interesting rare earth elements
September 15, 2020Aim- and TSX-V-listed Malawi-focused rare earth element explorer Mkango Resources reports that the reconnaissance shallow soil sampling and auger programme at its Mchinji licence area…...
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Australia’s race against China’s ‘rare earths weapon’
September 14, 2020If you have a phone, a camera or an electric car, chances are that each of these devices is wholly dependent on key minerals that,…...
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The race to break China’s control of supplies of hi-tech metals is leading to Madagascar — and beyond
September 11, 2020A worker stokes pots containing the rare earth metal Lanthanum before he pours it into a mould near the town of Damao, located in China’s…...
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Why Europe, not Trump, should buy Greenland
September 9, 2020The island is not for sale, but targeted assistance to the mineral-rich territory could help the EU achieve strategic autonomy. The scramble for Greenland is…...
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Race is on for Indonesia’s untapped rare earths
September 9, 2020Tin mining tailings could contain commercial quantities of rare earths both US and China would be keen to tap. Rare earth, the experts like to…...
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Global Rare Earth Metal Market 2020-2024
September 7, 2020Technavio has been monitoring the global rare earth metal market size and it is poised to grow by USD 5.76 billion during 2020-2024, progressing at…...
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US rare-earth rise ‘wishful thinking’
September 6, 2020As the global trade system has been shattered by both the US-led anti-globalization drive and the COVID-19 pandemic, major rare-earth importers including the US are…...
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China’s rare-earth exports continue downward trend in August
September 6, 2020China in August exported 1,642 tons of rare-earth, data from Chinese Customs showed on Monday – a slight rebound from July’s 1,620 tons, but still…...
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Europe struggles to cut China reliance for rare earths
September 5, 2020The U.S. and Europe’s ambition to boost production of rare raw materials used in electric vehicles and reduce dependence on China will face obstacles, including…...
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China’s rare earth exports to the US could fall by a third
September 4, 2020Global demand drops 5 per cent this year amid coronavirus, analysts say. ‘As a major consumer of China’s lanthanum, the US oil refining industry is…...
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Lawmakers Seek to Curb U.S. Reliance on China for Rare Earths
September 1, 2020U.S. House lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill aimed at reducing dependence on China for rare earths used in everything from electric vehicles to missiles to wind turbines.…...
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Will China-US dispute extend to rare earths?
August 26, 2020Editor’s Note: With China-US tensions continuing to rise, many speculate that China may leverage rare earths to countermand the United States’ moves. Will the China-US…...
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China’s Rare Earth Exports Fall to Over Five-Year Low as Pandemic Devastates Demand
August 26, 2020Rare earths, a collection of chemical elements, have broad applications and are crucial to many cutting-edge products, including phone components, electric-vehicle batteries and military equipment.&he...
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US $20 million research grant to explore supply options for rare earth element
August 25, 2020The US designated $20 million for basic research aimed at identifying a stable supply of so-called rare earths that are crucial for electronics embedded in…...
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Japan unearths rare metals essential for lithium-ion batteries off Pacific island
August 24, 2020The Yomiuri Shimbun A government agency dealing with natural resources has announced the successful excavation of rare metals including cobalt and nickel from the seabed of…...
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China’s flooding slams rare earth, fertilizer and other industries
August 24, 2020Economy recovering from coronavirus lockdowns now threatened by deluge SHANGHAI — Weeks of flooding along the Yangtze River, China’s longest waterway, has crippled commodity production,&he...
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Lynas signs Kalgoorlie rare earth processing facility sublease
August 24, 2020The sublease was signed for a 135-hectare industrial-zoned site on the Great Eastern Highway in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder Australia-based rare-earths mining company Lynas and…...
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China’s rare earth exports plunge 69.1% in July, disrupted by COVID-19
August 21, 2020China’s rare earth exports plunged 69.1 percent to 1,620 tonnes last month, disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, said the country’s commerce authority on Thursday. China…...
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Russia has $1.5bn plan to dent China’s rare earth dominance
August 14, 2020Russia plans investment of $1.5 billion in rare earth minerals, critical to the defence, telecommunications and renewable energy sectors, as it strives to become the…...
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Bold Action Needed to Solve Rare Earth Problem
August 11, 2020It happens about once a year here in Washington: a think tank or a group of concerned citizens holds an event centering on the rare…...
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U.S. finds its Chinese rare earth dependency hard to break
July 28, 2020LONDON — The U.S. Department of Defense has just committed funding for two rare earth separation plants on U.S. soil. It’s one small step towards…...
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First rare earth firm in decade to go public in $1.5 billion deal
July 16, 2020US rare earths miner MP Materials will go public in a $1.47 billion deal by merging with a private-equity backed blank-check company, underscoring Wall Street’s…...
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Japan to strengthen control over rare metal reserves
July 13, 2020In the wake of supply disruptions of certain metals caused by the covid-19 pandemic, Japan has decided to launch a series of measures to address…...
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US Vulnerable to China Rare-Earth Monopoly, Researchers Find
July 9, 2020The global pandemic has exposed the utter dependence of the U.S. and the world on China for critical equipment and raw materials. That’s especially the…...
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Uranium: A bull market is under way
July 8, 2020The growing uranium supply deficit, currently being accelerated by COVID-19 pandemic related production cuts, has seen the price for uranium skyrocket – making it the…...
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What is driving the uranium price higher?
July 2, 2020The price of uranium continues to climb, thanks to production cuts by major providers like Cameco (TSX:CCO) and Kazatomprom (LSE:KAP). It is becoming a more interesting market for…...
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Only mill in the US able to process uranium-rare earth ores open for business
June 29, 2020As the US pushes to dilute China’s monopoly and develop a domestic uranium-rare earth supply, Colorado-based Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR) is working towards being at the…...