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. No deep sea licences will…
Rare Earths
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 rare earth carbonate feed this…
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, under a new 10-year strategy…
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 1% total rare earth oxides…
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 Africa. Shares rose. The MoU,…
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 tonnage by 12% over 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 main mining company, to build…
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 Dodgers, they were well-versed by…
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 U.S. reliance on Chinese imports…
China lifts export ban on gallium, germanium and antimony to US
China has lifted a nearly year-long ban on exports of gallium, germanium and antimony to the United States in a further de-escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two largest…
Tactical raises up to $140M for Texas rare earths project
Tactical Resources (TSX-V: RARE; US-OTC: USREF) said U.S. asset manager Yorkville Advisors Global agreed to provide up to $140 million (C$196 million) in financing – a move that will help…