Canada-based Almonty Industries Inc. acquired Woulfe in September 2015 and quickly completed the latest feasibility study of the Sandong tungsten mine. Almonty reached some important milestones before the mine went into production and received most of the funds needed to develop the project, provide opportunities for Australia’s investors.

Energy Fuels and Neo Performance Materials created a new rare earth supply chain from the US to Europe this month. An estimated 15 containers of mixed rare earth carbonate produced by White Mesa Mill of the company in Utah are shipped to Neo's rare earth separation facility in Estonia.

On July 6, 2021, the Canadian first rare earth producer, Vital Metals has announced the progress of its Nechalacho rare earth project in Northwestern Canada. Its mining started in June and has successfully produced rare earth ore through crushers and concentrators. These rare earth ore will be shipped to its Saskatoon processing and separation plant for cracking and leaching, and the production of mixed rare earth carbonate.

The EU ferro-tungsten prices have jumped to the highest level since August 2018 after Russia outlined plans to impose a 15% tax on ferroalloy exports, a move that may reduce Russian competitiveness with China.