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Trump administration and private investors sign off on $1.4 billion deal with rare earth startups
Nov 4, 2025

Trump administration and private investors sign off on $1.4 billion deal with rare earth startups

The Trump administration and investors are funding two rare earth startups in a $1.4B deal to strengthen U.S. supply chains.

China delays rare earth export limits in trade deal
Oct 30, 2025

China delays rare earth export limits in trade deal

China’s one-year delay on rare earth export rules gives the U.S. and allies time to boost production and reduce reliance on Beijing.

FILE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
Oct 20, 2025

US, Australia sign critical-minerals agreement to counter China

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical-minerals deal at the White House on Monday as the U.S. eyes the continent’s rich rare-earth resources when China is imposing tougher rules on exporting its own critical minerals abroad. The two leaders described the agreement as an $8.5 billion deal between the […]

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Sep 9, 2025

Nathan Trotter plans $65M tin processing plant in Southern Virginia

Nathan Trotter will invest $65M in a Henry County tin processing facility, creating 118 jobs and boosting the U.S. critical minerals supply chain.

Aaron Noble, Virginia Tech professor and department head, (left) and Francisco Haussmann, project superintendent for Aclara Resources, in the Virginia Tech lab Aug. 14, 2025. Photo by Natalee Waters
Aug 20, 2025

Mining company partners with Virginia Tech on rare earths plant

Aclara plans to invest $10 million on rare earths separation pilot plant at Virginia Tech to boost U.S. supply chain

Mar 11, 2024

Critical minerals co. reactivates Petersburg operation

Petersburg-based Atlantic Strategic Minerals will invest more than $50 million to restore and reopen a mining operation in Dinwiddie County and a concentrator plant and mineral separation plant in Sussex County, producing critical minerals that are used in various supply chains, the governor’s office announced Monday.   The project is expected to create 71 jobs at […]

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