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Explore the high-stakes world of rare earth mining with Skillings. This category covers the exploration, production, and processing of critical elements like neodymium, dysprosium, and terbium—essential to defense, clean energy, and electronics. We report on China’s dominance, U.S. and EU supply chain diversification, refining challenges, and investment flows. Whether you’re a policymaker, investor, or tech manufacturer, this section offers strategic insights into how rare earths shape the future of geopolitics and innovation.
WASHINGTON : Federal acquisition officials and defense prime contractors are confronting an increasingly narrow operational window as the statutory January 1, 2027 deadline approaches. Under federal…
Japan’s manufacturers can currently secure only about two-thirds of required rare-earth supply after Chinese dysprosium and terbium exports fell to zero in the first half of…
Mountain Pass is the upstream base of MP Materials’ U.S. rare earth supply chain. MP Materials has secured a long-term offtake agreement with a new U.S.…
Illustrative image of rare-earth exploration where industrial development meets Brazil’s forest frontier. Brazil’s rare-earth sector is moving from geological promise to strategic competition, but the rush…
Rare-earth separation equipment illustrates the processing chokepoint at the centre of the supply-chain risk. China’s rare-earth export-control truce with the United States is entering its most…
Rare earth processing equipment at a US industrial facility. **WASHINGTON : ** The Pentagon is committing more than $1 billion in conditional loans to accelerate US…
Rare earth separation equipment inside a modern processing facility. The critical minerals supply chain in 2026 is moving beyond the traditional mine-and-offtake model. Across rare earths…
Rare-earth separation equipment at a U.S. processing facility. The critical minerals supply chain is often described as a race to mine more ore and separate more…
An open-pit copper operation illustrates the scale and infrastructure behind the assets attracting strategic capital. Mining M&A deals 2026 are increasingly being shaped by control of…
Critical minerals supply chains are being reorganized around security rather than cost alone. In 2026, governments are combining export controls, domestic-processing incentives, strategic stockpiles, recycling targets…
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