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Rare Earths

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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.

Rare Earths • Feb 18, 2023

Revealing the Current Proven Rare Earth

The mining industry is under increasing pressure to maintain a continuous supply of rare earth elements as worldwide demand for electric vehicles, wind turbines, and other…

Exploration & Discovery • Feb 16, 2023

Uncovering the Elusive: Discovering the Two

As demand for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage continues to rise, so does the demand for the raw materials that power them. Lithium-ion batteries, which…

Exploration & Discovery • Feb 9, 2023

Canada’s REE industry: Exploring the Potential

The United States, in particular, has been searching for alternative sources of REEs after relying heavily on imports from China. This has led to an increase…

Exploration & Discovery • Feb 2, 2023

Exploring the Challenges in US Rare Earth

As the demand for rare earth metals continues to rise, the rare earth metal mining industry is facing new challenges. One of the biggest challenges is…

Critical Minerals • Dec 24, 2022

Canada’s New Critical Minerals Strategy

In an article for JD Supra, Bennett Jones opined that the Canadian government was looking at reviewing different regulatory processes in an attempt to cut back…

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