Rare Earths Top Stories

Editorial: Develop it or cede it

There is a paradox at the heart of Canada’s relationship with its own territory. The country sits atop some of the most […]

Colin McClelland | July 3, 2026 | 10:17 am

Interactive infographic: Far North projects

Canada’s vast northern region hosts numerous large and high-grade mineral…

Blair McBride | July 3, 2026 | 9:56 am

Infographic: Where is North America’s next rare earths mine?

Rare earths – essential components in electronics, defence applications and…

Blair McBride | February 5, 2026 | 11:19 am

West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race

Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC), Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) and MP Materials (NYSE: MP)…

Blair McBride | February 3, 2026 | 10:00 am

Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026 – Part 2

Continuing price volatility with rare earths and copper, high costs,…

Northern Miner Staff | December 4, 2025 | 1:02 pm

Rare-earth metals get the sparkler party started

A recent paper published in the journal ACS Omega proposes the idea of using rare-earth metals in alloy powders to produce flashes […]

Staff Writer | September 23, 2022 | 5:05 am

Niobium pentoxide shows promise for speeding up charging of Li-ion batteries

US-based researchers have created niobium pentoxide, high-performance material with a novel crystalline structure for battery electrodes. In a paper published in the journal […]

Staff Writer | September 20, 2022 | 5:05 am

Ucore’s REE separation demo plant on track for Q4 commissioning

Ucore Rare Metals (TSXV: UCU; OTC: UURAF) has made “significant strides” in the procurement and construction process of its commercial demonstration plant […]

Jackson Chen | September 15, 2022 | 10:56 am

How machine learning can help identify new, deeply buried porphyry copper deposits

A recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, presents two novel machine learning techniques to identify new, deeply […]

Staff Writer | September 4, 2022 | 6:55 am

Ancient piece of earth’s crust defines location of economically important minerals

Researchers at Curtin University have found evidence of an almost four billion-year-old piece of the earth’s crust that lies beneath the southwestern […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 17, 2022 | 7:31 am

Ucore Rare Metals expands REE demonstration plant in Ontario

Ucore Rare Metals (TSXV: UCU; OTC: UURAF) has provided an update on the commercialization of its RapidSX rare earth element (REE) separation […]

Jackson Chen | July 12, 2022 | 10:47 am

Mkango’s DFS indicates US$559M post-tax NPV for Songwe Hill rare earth project

Africa-focused rare earths explorer Mkango Resources (TSXV: MKA) has reached a major milestone with the release of a definitive feasibility study (DFS) […]

Jackson Chen | July 5, 2022 | 10:53 am

EU’s Green Deal demands a switch from fossil fuels to domestic metal production – report

In a recently published whitepaper, researchers from the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities analyze the geopolitical context within which the European Union’s Green Deal is […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 3, 2022 | 11:42 am

EU strengthens position against deep-sea mining

Just a few days ahead of the 2nd UN Ocean Conference taking place in Lisbon from June 27th to July 1st, the […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2022 | 11:37 am

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Editorial: Develop it or cede it

Interactive infographic: Far North projects

Infographic: Where is North America’s next rare earths mine?

West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race

Spotlight: Projects to watch in 2026 – Part 2

Rare-earth metals get the sparkler party started

Niobium pentoxide shows promise for speeding up charging of Li-ion batteries

Ucore’s REE separation demo plant on track for Q4 commissioning

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