Proterial invertirá 225 millones de dólares en una planta de imanes de tierras raras en Andhra Pradesh, India

Nasdaq-listed enterprise Critical Metals announced that its patent-pending process can dissolve more than 99% of the minerals in eudialyte concentrates from the Tanbreez project in Greenland and recover 19 ultra-high-purity rare earth and critical metal products. Eudialyte is a rare red or pink silicate ore and a major industrial source of zirconium, hafnium, and heavy rare earth elements. Tanbreez, located at Killavaat Alannguat in southern Greenland, is regarded as one of the largest undeveloped heavy rare earth assets outside China. The company plans to build a proposed refinery in Romania with an annual output value of $2.2 billion, using this patented process. Under current terms, the proposed Romanian refinery is expected to receive 50% of total concentrates production, with a designed annual processing capacity of 100,000 mt of eudialyte concentrates, producing approximately 27,943 mt of rare earth and critical metal products per year (in forms such as chloride salts) based on the current model. Current preliminary capital expenditure is estimated at $1.85 billion, with annual revenue of approximately $2.2 billion (before deducting operating costs, taxes, and capital recovery), and a payback period of about two years.

Brazil's president signed a critical minerals bill into law on Wednesday without any changes, creating the country's first framework for the sector. "This is a declaration of economic independence and political courage by a nation that does not bow to external threats," Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira said at the ceremony. Critical minerals have risen to prominence on Brazil's public and political agenda over the past year, with the US expressing interest in signing a cooperation agreement with Brazil, in addition to acquiring rare earth producer Serra Verde for $2.8 billion in April.

Los resultados iniciales del análisis de muestras de perforación de AuKing Mining en la mina de tierras raras de Tundulu, en el sur de Malawi, no solo superaron las expectativas, sino que también revelaron "tierras raras pesadas excepcionalmente enriquecidas". El resultado más destacado del análisis inicial de muestras fue una intersección de 91 metros a una profundidad de 40 metros, con un contenido total de óxidos de tierras raras (TREO) del 1,51 %, incluido un cuerpo mineralizado de 15 metros de espesor con una ley del 3,4 %. Además, una intersección de 80 metros desde la superficie presentó una ley de TREO del 1,54 %, incluido un cuerpo mineralizado de 11 metros de espesor con una ley del 4,33 %. Las leyes de la sección de mineral de tierras raras pesadas e itrio (HREE-Y) fueron "excepcionalmente altas".