U.S.-based companies Energy Fuels and Vulcan Elements have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on creating a resilient domestic supply chain for rare earth magnets independent of China. “Energy Fuels and Vulcan Elements are innovative companies with similar visions of creating a secure Western rare earth magnet supply chain. We have both proven our capacity to deliver rare…
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White House fast-tracks mining projects
The Trump administration has added 10 more U.S. mining projects to a fast-track permitting list aimed at expanding critical minerals production across the country, reported Reuters. The latest addition brings the total number of projects to 20. The projects, which would supply copper, palladium and other minerals, have been granted FAST-41 status, a federal initiative launched in 2015 to streamline…
Read MoreEnergy Fuels to provide rare earth oxides
Colorado-based rare earth and critical mineral producer Energy Fuels has confirmed it has successfully developed the technology it believes is required to produce six of the seven rare earth oxides, at scale, that are now subject to newly enacted Chinese export controls. The announcement comes ongoing trade tension between the U.S. and China. Energy Fuels said that its White Mesa…
Read MoreEnergy Fuels’ White Mesa sends rare earths to Estonia
Energy Fuels and Neo Performance Metals announced July 7 that they had launched the first commercial shipment of mixed rare earth carbonate from the former’s White Mesa mill in Utah to Neo’s Silmet separation facility in Sillamäe, Estonia.
Read MoreEnergy Fuels, Penn State tapped by DoE for rare earths production design
Colorado-based Energy Fuels confirmed on Sept. 21 that it and Penn State University in Pennsylvania will soon be awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory to examine and develop a conceptual commercial-scale design for a mixed rare earth oxide technology using coal-based resources in an environmentally benign…
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