Rare earths latest news

• September 2020

  Iluka board approves sale of iron ore royalty business

  11 September 2020

  Shareholders in Australian mineral sand miner Iluka will vote on whether to spin-off an iron ore royalty business, to allow the company to focus on core business plans.

• EC adds lithium to critical raw materials list amid transition to 'green' economy

  04 September 2020

  The European Commission unveiled an updated list of critical raw materials on Thursday September 3 that it aims to secure the supply of while avoiding over-dependence on third countries, alongside an action plan to create domestic supply chains for raw materials.

• US introduces legislation to support rare earth industry

  03 September 2020

  US legislators have introduced a bill aimed at delivering tax incentives for domestic rare earth production, in the latest attempt to wrest control of the sector out of Chinese hands.

• July 2020

  PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of rare earth pricing

  31 July 2020

  Fastmarkets has today discontinued its rare earth price assessments.

• US military funding for Lynas heavy rare earth facility back on track

  27 July 2020

  Australian rare earth miner Lynas Corp has secured funding from the US government to build a processing plant, in a bid to secure a non-Chinese supply chain for key minerals used in electric vehicles (EVs) and generators.

• Sole US rare earth miner to go public, use funds to build processing capacity

  17 July 2020

  Rare earth miner MP Materials, which operates the only rare earths mine in the United States, intends to offer shares for public trading, the company announced on Wednesday July 15.