Search the Skillings archive
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.
Japan’s manufacturers are drawing on inventories and alternative suppliers after Chinese shipments of dysprosium and terbium products reportedly fell to zero in the first half of…
Rare earth processing infrastructure in an industrial mining environment. USA Rare Earth has finalized definitive agreements with the U.S. Department of Commerce for up to $1.6…
White Mesa Mill is a uranium, vanadium and rare-earth processing facility near Blanding, Utah. WASHINGTON : President Donald Trump has reduced the boundaries of Utah’s Bears…
The Monte Muambe project is a multi-commodity critical minerals development in northwestern Mozambique. NeoTerra Group has reported 85% gallium extraction from initial acid-route hydrometallurgy testing at…
Malaysia’s government has launched a formal investigation into a US$96 million supply agreement between Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC) and the United States Department of Defense…
KUALA LUMPUR , On July 6, 2026, the quiet exterior of Malaysia’s Parliament became the flashpoint for a brewing geopolitical storm. Members of the "No Rare…
The global mining landscape is currently undergoing a structural transformation driven by geopolitical friction and the aggressive pursuit of supply chain security. From the International Energy…
Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has reached a critical technical milestone for its Kangankunde Rare Earth Project in Malawi, confirming a 98% extraction rate for Neodymium-Praseodymium (NdPr)…
LOS ANGELES : The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has submitted formal filings in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, providing a…
The hills of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, historically the backbone of the American steel and power industries, are being repurposed for a new kind of strategic…
Our newsletters on critical minerals, policy and the week’s deals, free through LinkedIn or by email.
