Rare Earth Elements

ASX-listed Chilwa Minerals has highlighted the prevalence of widespread rare earth element mineralisation in clay intervals directly beneath the Mposa heavy minerals sands (HMS) deposit, in... 

National Stock Exchange of Australia-listed Danakali has completed field reconnaissance and soil sampling across four of its projects in the Gascoyne and Murchison regions, with additional sampling... 

Steenkampskraal Monazite Mine (SMM) and Mintek, South Africa’s national mineral research organisation, have announced the successful production of high-purity mixed rare earth products at Mintek’s... 

ASX-listed Chilwa Minerals reports that reconnaissance hand panning has been extended to the south and south-east of Mpyupyu Hill at the company’s Mpyupyu West heavy mineral sands (HMS) discovery... 

The phased rollout of the new online mining licensing system – the cadastre – is progressing steadily, with Western Cape applications being received and processed online, Parliament was informed on... 

The most persistently bullish part of the commodities sector in recent years has been metals associated with the energy transition, such as copper, lithium and rare earth elements. Iron-ore miners... 

ASX-listed Aldoro Resources has reported “compelling” assay results from diamond drill holes DD008G and DD005D at its flagship Kameelburg rare earth elements (REE)/strontium/niobium project, with... 

As the global economy shifts towards cleaner energy systems, electrification and digital technologies, more countries are competing for access to critical minerals. Clean technologies will account... 

Critical minerals miner North American Niobium and Critical Minerals Corp (NIOB) continues to advance multiple targets across its district-scale portfolio in Québec, Canada. The company notes that... 

Martin Creamer talks about Manganese Metal Company, rare earths in the Northern Cape and Junior mining opportunities. 

The phased rollout of the new online mining licensing system – the cadastre – is progressing steadily, with Western Cape applications being received and processed online, Parliament was informed on... 

Research university Colorado School of Mines and mid-stream minerals processing company ElementUSA have been awarded $67-million in funding from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to build a plant... 

Australia-based critical minerals miner RZ Resources has been granted approval by New South Wales' Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure to proceed with first production from the Copi... 

The University of Oulu, in Finland, has found new ways to recover valuable materials from ashes, including metals, nutrients and minerals for industrial use. The university determined new... 

After increasing its stake in the Tanbreez project to 92.5% earlier this month, Nasdaq-listed Critical Metals Corporation has secured a 15-year binding offtake agreement with fellow-listed... 

Defense Metals has started a confirmatory pilot flotation plant test programme, which will be conducted at the SGS Canada metallurgical facility in Lakefield, Ontario. 

The preliminary economic assessment envisages the construction of an on-site processing plant with a throughput of about 2.7-million tonnes a year over an initial 30-year mine life.  

The junior mining and exploration sectors in South Africa provide a way forward to expand the country’s critical minerals discovery and producing capability, with various funding programmes to... 

US exploration and technology company US Critical Material Corp (USCM) has entered into a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ASX-listed Bayan Mining and Minerals to jointly evaluate...