Latest Downstream Processing News

Northern Minerals has completed a Definitive Feasibility Study for its Browns Range Heavy Rare Earths Project, confirming its technical and financial viability as a critical new source of dysprosium and terbium outside China.

Lindian Resources appoints Zekai Komur as Executive Director to spearhead delivery and expansion of its Kangankunde Rare Earths Project, with Stage 1 fully funded and construction progressing ahead of schedule.

EV Resources announces a $1 million follow-on placement to Tribeca Capital, reinforcing its strategic partnerships and advancing its critical antimony projects aligned with U.S. supply chain ambitions.

Locksley Resources has significantly expanded its footprint in California's Mojave Critical Minerals Hub by staking 249 new claims adjacent to the Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine, positioning itself strongly within the U.S. critical minerals supply chain.

Locksley Resources has entered a non-binding agreement with EV Resources to purchase antimony ore, advancing its proprietary DeepSolv™ processing and supporting U.S. domestic supply for defense and energy sectors.

St George Mining’s latest drilling assays at the Araxá Project in Brazil reveal exceptional grades of rare earth elements and niobium, signaling a potential major resource upgrade.

Prospech Limited has announced a pro-rata renounceable entitlement offer aiming to raise up to $1.62 million to fund metallurgical testing and exploration at its Korsnäs rare earth elements project in Finland. The offer is partially underwritten and includes attaching options, reflecting the company’s ongoing development efforts and funding needs.

Critica Limited has greenlit a pilot beneficiation plant in Hanoi to upscale its rare earth concentrate production, aiming to validate significant mass rejection and grade uplift ahead of its Scoping Study.

Kingsland Minerals has achieved a breakthrough with 99.97% purified spherical graphite from its Leliyn project, advancing its position in the EV battery supply chain. The company is on track to complete its scoping study next month, with downstream processing partnerships underway.

Lynas Rare Earths has successfully completed a A$750 million institutional placement, strengthening its balance sheet to fund ambitious growth plans under its Towards 2030 strategy.

Lynas Rare Earths has launched a fully underwritten A$750 million equity raising to fund its ambitious Towards 2030 growth strategy, aiming to expand rare earths production and downstream capabilities outside China.

Lynas Rare Earths reported FY25 results featuring record NdPr output and the first commercial heavy rare earths production outside China, alongside a $750 million equity raise to fund its ambitious Towards 2030 growth strategy.