DOE awards $75M to turn coal waste into rare earths
The Department of Energy selected five projects to extract rare earth elements and critical minerals from coal and coal byproducts, marking a domestic supply pivot away from Chinese refining.
DOE awards $45.7M to fix America's magnesium and rare earth gaps
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $45.7 million across 19 critical minerals projects on May 19, targeting domestic processing capacity in magnesium and rare earth elements where the U.S. remains completely import-dependent.
Critical Metals locks $835M Greenland rare earth deal, sealing Western supply
Critical Metals acquires full control of Tanbreez, Greenland's 4.7-billion-tonne rare earth deposit, for $835M, directly challenging China's stranglehold on refined magnet materials.