Rare earths latest news

• October 2018

  Northern Minerals produces first rare-earth carbonate

  08 October 2018

  The mine, which produced its first ore earlier this year, has produced the first rare earth product from xenotime to be refined outside of China.

• Lynas lashes out at Malaysian environmental probe

  04 October 2018

  The Australian rare earth miner calls for "fairness, objectivity, and transparency" from the Malaysian government.

• September 2018

  Refractory minerals taken off US tariffs list; TiO2 pigments, ceramic raw materials still included

  18 September 2018

  Graphite, magnesia, alumina and silicon carbide are excluded from the list of China-origin materials subject to a new US tariff, as are antimony, rare earths and barite. Pigments such as titanium dioxide will also be subject to the duty, as will refractory finished products, some ceramic minerals such as kaolin, and lithium.

• Trade in battery metals companies starting to accelerate, EY says

  06 September 2018

  The combined value of merger and acquisition deals in the metals and mining sector is rising even though the numbers of such deals is falling, according to consultancy EY. But in battery metals, activity is actually increasing, as Andrea Hotter reports.

• US considers 25% import tariff on Chinese minerals

  06 September 2018

  Many major minerals could be affected if the US goes ahead with a plan to raise the import tariff on China-origin materials as the trade war between the two countries gathers pace.