Uganda grants Ionic licence to mine rare earths

Permit for the Makuutu heavy rare earths project is the first large scale mining licence awarded in the East African nation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2024 | 3:39 am

Australia’s Energy Transition asked to give payment security for Greenland case

Energy Transition, formerly Greenland Minerals, has been fighting for the Kvanefjeld rare earths project licence since late 2021.

Reuters | January 17, 2024 | 5:24 pm

McLeod Lake band takes stake in Defense Metals’ rare earth project in British Columbia

The agreement calls for Defense and the band to collaborate on the design of the Wicheeda project to assure the band’s interests and priorities are addressed.

Staff Writer | January 17, 2024 | 11:12 am

Disorganizing rare-earth ions may improve quantum information storage

One of the major barriers to practical quantum computing has been how to make qubits that retain their quantum information long enough to be useful.

Staff Writer | January 16, 2024 | 6:06 am

Norway just raised the stakes over deep sea mining

The Jan. 9 determination makes Norway the first country to formally authorize seabed mining activities in its waters.

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2024 | 1:15 pm

China’s rare earth exports hit 5-year high on demand from EV, high-tech sectors

The world's largest producer of rare earths shipped 52,307 metric tons of the minerals abroad last year.

Reuters | January 12, 2024 | 9:16 am

The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world

Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.

MINING.com Editor | January 12, 2024 | 2:59 am

Serra Verde enters commercial production in Brazil

Pela Ema is the first mine outside Asia to produce four critical magnetic rare earths.

Staff Writer | January 11, 2024 | 9:09 am

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