Rare earths latest news

• July 2019

  Mineral sand miners turn to monazite

  11 July 2019

  Long discarded as trash, interest is growing in the rare earth ore monazite.

• Chinese rare earth threats bring rapprochement to Malaysia, Lynas

  08 July 2019

  Mining ministers from Western Australia and Malaysia met on June 20 to convene on the contentious issue of waste disposal from Lynas' rare earth plant.

• China threatens to cut off rare earth supplies to US military buyers

  08 July 2019

  China could restrict the sale of rare earths to the United States, specifically for the use in the country's military.

• Rainbow raises funds to boost REE output (Update)

  03 July 2019

  Rare-earth miner Rainbow looks to capital markets to fund increased production in Burundi.

• June 2019

  How rare earths got caught in the trade war

  21 June 2019

  A look at Fastmarkets' latest rare earth coverage

• Noble Group takes another bet on rare earths

  21 June 2019

  Coal trader Noble Group has made a fresh investment into rare earths, underlining the new interest in non-Chinese projects.

• China threatens to cut off US military buyers of rare earths

  17 June 2019

  Chinese state media is suggesting that the country will try to restrict the use of its rare earths by the US military, a move that is unlikely to scare buyers but is good news for non-Chinese producers.

• Minor metals could be caught in 'US-China rare earths crossfire,' traders say

  12 June 2019

  Minor metals could become the next commodities to be caught up in the trade war between the United States and China, market sources have warned. But the effects on the prices for gallium and antimony have so far been minimal.

• Chinese rare earth threats bring rapprochement to Malaysia, Lynas

  05 June 2019

  Australian and Malaysian politicians are set to meet, with the future of rare earth miner Lynas likely to be top of the agenda.