Rare earths latest news

• June 2020

  India, Australia explore high-tech mineral partnership

  05 June 2020

  Australia has signed a preliminary deal to supply minerals such as lithium and zircon to India’s new energy sector.

• May 2020

  US government stalls funding for rare earth plant: Lynas

  22 May 2020

  Australian rare earth producer Lynas has warned that US government funding for its heavy rare earth separation facility is on hold, allegedly due to political opposition to overseas involvement in critical supply chains.

• Trump threatens to call off US-China trade deal on Covid-19 fallout

  05 May 2020

  US President Donald Trump is threatening to abandon a preliminary trade deal leading to an easing of trade tensions with China, citing the Covid-19 virus.

• Lynas restarts Malaysian rare earth operations

  04 May 2020

  Australian rare earth miner Lynas announced the restart of its Malaysian processing facility on May 1, at 70% capacity, after the country eased its Covid-19 restrictions.

• Northern Minerals mothballs remote rare earth pilot plant

  01 May 2020

  Rare earth miner Northern Minerals stopped activity at its pilot plant in Australia in March, shortly after it resumed its shipments to China.