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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.
Saudi Arabia has identified an estimated 110 million tonnes of ore containing rare earth elements and uranium at Jabal Sayid in the Madinah region.
The Araxá-Barreiro district in Minas Gerais combines established niobium and phosphate operations with a growing rare earths development pipeline. St George Mining’s latest resource upgrade at…
Modi’s warning about critical minerals comes as India seeks better ties with China while building alternatives to Chinese supply-chain dependence.
Victory Metals has secured a 2,006-hectare mining lease at North Stanmore in Western Australia. The milestone reduces tenure risk, but financing, offtake, approvals and development remain…
The lithium market is entering 2026 with a deceptively calm price signal. Chinese battery-grade lithium carbonate has been consolidating around 140,000–145,750 yuan per tonne, equivalent to…
Your phone battery has a global story. Lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite can come from different countries, while refining and battery manufacturing often happen elsewhere. Here's…
Critical minerals refining remains heavily concentrated. IEA data shows the top three refining countries accounted for an average 86% of output across six key minerals in…
Representative cobalt processing facility with drying equipment and bagged concentrate in Central Africa. A peer-reviewed study estimates that between 2,000 and 5,000 tonnes of natural uranium…
China’s lithium carbonate market has settled into a narrow range as seasonal purchasing from battery and cathode producers meets a steady recovery in domestic output and…
Brazilian nickel mine and processing infrastructure surrounded by lateritic terrain and forest. MMG’s proposed $500 million purchase of Anglo American’s Brazilian nickel assets is facing another…
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