What is Japan’s potential for domestic rare earth mining?
Rare earth elements extracted from the sea floor surrounding a remote Japanese island earlier this month could someday…
Indonesia’s rare earth push unlikely to shake China’s grip – Markets
ndonesia’s recent identification of eight mining blocks with significant potential deposits of rare earth elements marks a strategic…
Trump administration to unveil rare-earths mineral stockpile to counter China
US President Donald Trump is set to launch a strategic critical minerals stockpile as Washington ramps up its…
Rare earths mine at centre of Trump-Albanese deal yet to materialise after years in the making
It is the Central Australian mine promised to help upset China’s dominance of the global rare earths market,…
Europe’s largest rare earths mine: How EU funding clashes with environmental laws
A core tension underlies the EU’s support for LKAB’s Per Geijer rare-earth mine in northern Sweden. The EU…
Japan begins test mining seabed for rare earth minerals to reduce reliance on China
Japan is going to the depths of the ocean to reduce its reliance on China. Tokyo has launched…
India, Australia invited to G7 meeting on critical minerals, Bessent says
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Australia and several other countries would join a meeting of finance ministers…
Australia will join G7 countries to discuss critical minerals in Washington next week
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said Australia will join a meeting of finance ministers from the Group…
Canada As A Critical Minerals Refiner Is Globally Irrelevant
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has just returned from a trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where…
What Australia can learn from China to become the world’s ‘cleaner’ rare earth refiner
Australia holds a plethora of rare earths — minerals essential for all sorts of cutting-edge technologies from wind…
US manufacturers face higher Chinese hurdles than soybean farmers
American soybean farmers aren’t alone in their dangerous overdependence on China. In a different way, so are many…
Are Australia and its rare earths part of the solution to ‘magnet shock’?
The big question from the magnet shock of 2025 is who gets to be the North Sea. It’s…