The news from Norway is music to the ears of European policymakers. Rare Earths Norway reports that the mineral resources in the Fen Complex are much larger than previously thought. Over two years ago, we wrote about the potential…
As our governments, institutions, and the public become more aware of the increasing pressures on material and energy availability, we’ve simultaneously seen powerful ripple effects for industrial policy, economic planning, and ge…
In the first week of February 2026, the Japanese government reported that it had successfully carried out the retrieval of deep-sea mud samples that could be key to unlocking access to rare-earth metals like yttrium, europium, ter…
Mineração Serra Verde, controlled by the global investment firm Denham Capital, is assessing an expansion that could double production in Brazil before 2030. The company is currently the only large-scale producer of rare earths (R…
President Donald Trump is set to launch a strategic critical-minerals stockpile with $12 billion in seed money, a bid to insulate manufacturers from supply shocks as the US works to slash its reliance on Chinese rare earths and ot…
India’s Finance Ministry has unveiled a budget proposal for the current financial year that will boost domestic rare earths mining and the clean energy sector as part of a broader effort to break global supply chain monopolies--pa…