Tag Archives: rare earths
Verisk Maplecroft flags South America as a lower-risk hub for Western critical minerals
A new Verisk Maplecroft report argues that South America offers Western buyers a more manageable mix of resource scale and political risk as they try to…
Central Asia’s Critical Minerals Push Faces a Test of Execution as Western Buyers Seek Alternatives to China
Central Asia—home to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan—has drawn renewed interest as global demand for critical minerals rises and the U.S., EU and Japan seek…
Northern Cape pitches a mining-led industrial upgrade, betting on beneficiation and critical minerals
South Africa’s Northern Cape is positioning itself as the next major mining and industrial frontier, with officials calling for a deliberate shift from raw extraction to…
Germany takes equity stake in Australia’s Nolans rare earths project to lock in Europe’s NdPr supply
Germany is backing the Nolans rare earths project in Australia with a €50 million equity investment via KfW under the German Raw Materials Fund, aiming to…
St George Mining pushes Araxá rare earths toward mine-to-magnet supply chain with REalloys and Brazil processing partners
Australia-listed St George Mining is expanding its Brazil-focused rare earth strategy by aligning the Araxá project with REalloys’ magnet materials expertise and building a local processing…
Rare Earth Refining Becomes Europe’s Most Expensive Strategic Constraint
Europe’s push for strategic minerals runs into a hard limit at the refining stage: separating and processing rare earth elements is highly capital-intensive, technically demanding and…
Europe Builds a Processing-Led Supply Model for Battery Metals and Power Grids
Europe’s industrial strategy is shifting from owning raw materials to capturing value through processing, chemical transformation, recycling and supply-chain integration—especially for battery-critical inputs like nickel, rare…
Europe’s 2030 Critical Minerals Stress Test: What Lithium, Copper and Rare Earth Dependence Means for Supply Risk
A scenario analysis for 2030 suggests Europe’s critical minerals system—built on imports, contracts, and recycling—can look balanced under normal conditions, but becomes costly and constrained when…
Europe’s Rare Earth Timeline Slips: Strategic Independence Faces a Processing-Led Reality
Europe’s rare earth push is advancing through major discoveries and planned projects in Norway, Sweden and Greenland, but the path to meaningful supply stretches well beyond…