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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 rare earth magnet industry is crossing a 300,000-tonne benchmark, but the headline needs careful interpretation. The figure is best understood as a milestone in the…
Ghana is courting Australian investors to develop its critical minerals sector as the country looks beyond its traditional gold-led mining industry. The push puts Ghana critical…
India’s mining sector could add $500 billion in additional G,DP and generate up to 25 million incremental direct and indirect jobs by 2047, according to a…
The United States is backing Kenya’s ambition to build a domestic critical-minerals processing industry, turning a preliminary minerals framework into a test of whether African producers…
Kenya is positioning itself for a larger role in the global critical minerals supply chain. The United States supports local processing, while China continues to expand…
Chinese regulators have withdrawn the environmental assessment acceptance notice for Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd.’s Jianxiawo lithium mine in Jiangxi province, sending the project back into…
Rare-earth separation and refining equipment at an industrial processing facility. Chinese rare earth suppliers are delaying or declining some shipments to U.S. and Japanese buyers even…
American Critical Minerals closed a $2.5M placement to fund its Green River potash well in Utah's Paradox Basin, as US potash import reliance hits 92%.
Jakarta authorities have initiated a gradual clearance of delayed mineral shipments from key processing hubs across Sulawesi, Bangka Belitung, and West Kalimantan, easing a weeks-long administrative…
Industrial processing infrastructure illustrates the midstream capacity targeted by Project Dynamo. The U.S. government’s role in rare-earth financing is moving beyond broad policy commitments and toward…
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