Colorado-based Rare Element Resources has provided an update on the development progression of its rare earth processing and separation demonstration plant in Upton, Wyo., after it started a thorough review of the as-built plant in April. The miner said the review has been steadily progressing and has resulted in several areas of improvement being identified requiring rework, and in some…
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Energy 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 MoreVital Metals halts construction at Saskatoon plant
Vital Metals said it is pausing all construction-related activities at its rare earth processing facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, as it seeks alternative funding sources and partners. Construction of the full facility, including calcine, hydrometallurgical leaching, purification and rare earth precipitation circuits, is approximately 50% complete. “There is no economic imperative to complete this demonstration project at the current time;…
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