CAT Strategic Metals Corporation has taken a major step toward securing a significant new source of critical minerals, announcing a binding agreement to gain majority control of a promising rare earth exploration project in Quebec, Canada. The company confirmed on January 12, 2026, that it has entered into a Binding Memorandum of Understanding with several […]
China’s exports of rare earth elements reached their highest annual total in over a decade last year. This surge came even after Beijing moved to restrict shipments of several key materials last spring, according to official customs data released Wednesday. The world’s dominant producer shipped out 62,585 metric tons of these critical minerals in 2025, […]
Tsodilo Resources Limited has confirmed the presence of significant rare earth and critical minerals mineralisation at its 100%-owned Gcwihaba Metals Project in northwest Botswana, following the verification of skarn-hosted deposits at two priority targets identified through geophysical surveys. The C26 and C27 targets were first outlined as magnetic and gravity anomalies and subsequently tested through […]
Critical Metals Corp. has placed an order for a fully turnkey, integrated mobile geochemical analysis centre valued at about $1 million, marking a significant upgrade to the company’s technical capabilities as it advances its flagship Tanbreez rare earth elements project in Greenland. The Nasdaq-listed miner said the mobile laboratory has been commissioned from Bromet, a […]
US President Donald Trump’s White House trade adviser predicted American industrial breakthroughs would help boost domestic production and eliminate China’s market dominance of rare earths. “China has been flexing its muscles now in Europe, in India, in the United States saying, basically, we’re gonna do what we want, and if you try to stop us, […]
Asian rare earth stocks surged after China imposed new dual-use export bans on Japan. Analysts say upstream producers outside China could benefit. Japanese auto, machinery and defence stocks fell amid concerns over higher costs. Asian rare earth-related shares rallied sharply on Wednesday after China announced fresh export restrictions targeting Japan, stoking concerns over supply chain […]