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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.
The US and Lithuania signed a critical minerals framework in Washington, creating a six-month process to identify priority projects and mobilize financing.
European critical raw materials processing and logistics facility. The European Union plans to create a corporation to aggregate demand, purchase and stockpile critical raw materials used…
China’s rare-earth export-control suspension is approaching a decision point that could reshape procurement plans across the Western automotive, defense, electronics and energy industries. The suspension covering…
The 1872 Mining Law still governs much of U.S. hardrock mining on eligible federal land. Its royalty-free structure now faces renewed scrutiny as critical minerals gain…
Critical Metals says laboratory testing has addressed a key eudialyte processing challenge at Tanbreez, supporting plans for a $1.85 billion rare-earth refinery in Romania. The next…
China's dominance of rare-earth mining is only part of the story. The deeper strategic advantage lies in processing, refining and permanent magnet manufacturing, where supply remains…
The US is rebuilding its tungsten supply chain as China dominates global production. Explore Springer, Elmet, APT refining and defense demand.
Project Vault gives the US a $10B critical minerals reserve, but rare-earth refining and magnet capacity remain major supply-chain gaps.
Construction activity begins at USA Rare Earth’s planned rare-earth metal and magnet manufacturing complex in Blacksburg, South Carolina. USA Rare Earth has broken ground on a…
India’s MMDR Amendment Act 2026 places new limits on state taxation of mineral rights and mineral-bearing lands, reshaping the fiscal framework for mining.
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