To support the supply chain of valuable rare earth elements (REEs) and critical mineral resources nationwide. Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the US West Virginia (WV) Water Research Institute, informed the State Joint Economic Development Council at the interim legislative session of an effort led by the Water Research Institute to assess the feasibility of expanding acid mine drainage treatment technology.

A group of rare earth industry participants is lobbying the U.S. Congress to approve bipartisan legislation to provide tax incentives for the manufacture of permanent rare earth magnets in the United States.

LG Innotek, the electrical components division of LG Group in Korea, and a Korean domestic permanent magnet manufacturer have collaborated to develop an environmentally friendly rare earth magnet with strong magnetic power that minimizes the use of heavy rare-earth metals.

A report by Adamas Intelligence predicts that if the global rare-earth industry continues to extract resources in the same way, rare earths demand will exceed supply within three to five years. This is worrying news for the manufacturing industry because the scarcity will affect the production of high-tech products such as electric cars and robots.

Australis’s Ionic Rare Earths’ goal of adding indication and measurement resources to its Makuutu project appears to be proceeding exactly as planned, and drilling is beginning to return to thick, high-grade mineralization.

Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. (ME2C Environmental) - A leading environmental technology company announced that the Pennsylvania State University's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences has completed the first round of testing of its new rare earth technology.

Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. ("Happy Creek" or "Company") is pleased to report that a skid-mounted diamond drilling rig has been transferred to the Fox Tungsten project ("Fox Tungsten"). The Fox Tungsten is wholly owned by the company and is located in southern British Columbia.

With the increasing global demand for rare earths, Australia's Mount Ridley Mines Ltd gets excited after when it discovered a wide-ranging deposit in its namesake project. A recent reanalysis of 950 hollow samples revealed that the structure returned important rare earth elements values-including more than 1,000 ppm of total rare earth oxides (TREO).

Analysis of latest tungsten market from Chinatungsten Online

China’s domestic ammonium paratungstate (APT) and ferro tungsten prices remain weak adjustment in the middle of September. Although the market is supported by production costs, the demand side continues its weakness and deals are rarely concluded. 

China’s domestic rare earth price remained strong in the week ended on Friday, September 17, 2021 with the increase of downstream users' inquiries and purchases and the slight increase in the selling prices of mainstream products. However, due to the fact that there are still many uncertain factors in the market, the industry has divergent views on the market outlook.