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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.

Battery Metals • Oct 29, 2021

US-Based Startup Is Creating Cutting-Edge

The CEO of energy storage company EnergyX, Teague Egan, believes that the United Kingdom has a competitive edge over the European Union due to its large…

Battery Metals • Oct 18, 2021

Lithium-bearing pegmatite rock treated to

The Bergby Lithium Project in Sweden, operated by United Lithium Corp., has released the findings of their boulder train mapping and sampling program. A region west…

Rare Earths • Oct 8, 2021

United States more reliant on imports of

Solar and wind energy are pushing up the need for minerals and metals that make these technologies feasible, as are electric cars. However, the supply chains…

Rare Earths • Oct 1, 2021

Birmingham project reclaims rare earth magnets from

The University of Birmingham has announced the successful completion of a project demonstrating that the rare earth magnets in loudspeakers, which are currently lost to landfill,…

Battery Metals • Oct 1, 2021

American Uranium And Vanadium Company Energy

A rare earth element production facility is part of Energy Fuels' White Mesa uranium mill south of Blanding, Utah, which is a top U.S. producer of…

Critical Minerals • Jun 3, 2021

Ted Cruz Targets US Reliance on China Minerals

US senator Ted Cruz has introduced legislation to end what he describes as the country's "dangerous dependence" on China for critical minerals and rare earth elements.…

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