Scandium

AMERICAS

US weapons juggernaut looking to buy Sunrise's scandium

Multi-billion dollar defence contractor Lockheed Martin signs on for a chunk of Syerston metal

24 October 2025

PROCESSING

Ore sorting at Rio Tinto gets funding boost

Rio Tinto's Quebec operations aim to “more efficiently” separate titanium and scandium-bearing ore

13 June 2025

PROCESSING

Indonesia to process EV battery metals

Indonesia is moving forward processing of battery metals in the country

18 November 2022

PROCESSING

NioCorp demo plant removes calcium, magnesium

A demonstration-scale processing plant has removed calcium and magnesium from ore.

26 October 2022

PROCESSING

Rio Tinto and Canada partner on processing decarbonisation

Partnership will support projects including BlueSmelting, an ilmenite smelting technology

12 October 2022

PROCESSING

Rio Tinto begins tellurium production

Products produced with Rio Tinto tellurium will be used by First Solar

13 May 2022

PROCESSING

Quebec invests in REE metallurgical process

The company has developed a two-stage hydrometallurgical extraction process.

08 February 2022

UNDERGROUND MINING

Penansa resumes Angolan rare earths project

Company to begin Phase II of project

04 October 2021

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