How miners can better manage community resettlement as demand for metals rises
It’s an undeniable fact that the world needs more metals to deal with the effects of climate change and to achieve net zero by 2050. Renewable energy (solar panels, wind…
Rare Earths
Mining personnel leaving Yellowknife as wildfires prompt evacuation order
Explorers and miners in the Northwest Territories are shifting focus to the safety of their staff and communities after the government ordered the evacuation of Yellowknife on Wednesday evening as…
Miners in NWT hunker down as emergency-level wildfires approach Yellowknife
Miners and explorers are scaling back or modifying operations in the Northwest Territories as severe wildfires prompted the government to declare a territory-wide state of emergency on Tuesday.An evacuation order…
Aether raises US$49M to extract lithium using AI
American start-up Aether said on Wednesday it has raised US$49 million to scale its AI and machine learning-based platform aimed at helping miners extract critical metals in a more resource-efficient…
Canadian Miners in Mexico Snapshot: Eight companies to watch
Its strong infrastructure, long mining heritage and prospective mineral belts draw explorers and miners from near and far. Here are eight companies with exploration, development and producing projects in the…
Ramaco shares dive as coal outlook softens, board okays rare earths buildout
U.S.-based coal miner Ramaco Resources (NASDAQ: METC) saw its stock price fall over 13% on Wednesday amid lower sales expectations due to higher production costs in the coming months. That…
ASM inks deal to sell rare earths to US magnet maker
Australian Strategic Materials (ASX: ASM) has inked a five-year agreement to supply neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) alloy from its Korean Metals Plant (KMP) to magnet maker USA Rare Earth LLC….
How Rainbow Rare Earths plans to bootstrap itself onto the global stage
Rainbow Rare Earths (LSE: RBW) is making strides in the rare earths sector as its Phalaborwa project in South Africa underpins an aggressive international growth strategy. While pilot-scale production at…
Top ten US juniors to mid-tiers, outside of precious metals, coal
Nuclear fuel providers again led the largest United States-based junior and mid-tier mining companies valued from US$250 million to US$2 billion, excluding precious metals and coal producers. The data as…
Rainbow, Mosaic partner on rare earths extraction in Brazil
Rainbow Rare Earths (LSE: RBW; US-OTC: RBWRF) has inked a memorandum of understanding with Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) to jointly study the viability of extracting rare earth elements (REEs) from the phosphate…
Technology Metals Snapshot: Seven companies targeting strategic metals
In the race to achieve net-zero emissions and reduce reliance on China for critical minerals, mining companies are ramping up their search for lithium, rare earth elements, copper and more….
Rare earths exploration across the Americas – in charts
With China dominant in the mining and processing of rare earths, the West faces a daunting task to build supply chains of the critical minerals independent of the Asian superpower….