The rare earths industry can weather any Chinese trade battle

WHAT ARE RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS? There are seventeen rare-earth elements: cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbium (Er), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), holmium (Ho), lanthanum (La), lutetium (Lu), neodymium (Nd), praseodymium (Pr), promethium (Pm), samarium (Sm), scandium (Sc), terbium

UK parcel delivery company DPD plans to roll out a fleet of 550 electric vehicles by 2021. The delivery company currently has 10 fully-electric Mercedes-Benz eVito vans serving the London area. According to Post & Parcel

Rainbow Rare Earths (LON:RBW), the rare earth element mining company, is pleased to announce a new funding agreement with its major shareholder, Pella Ventures Limited (‘Pella’), comprising an unsecured loan amount of US$0.7 million to support

The UK government’s plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040 is too tame, advisers will say. Drivers will benefit if electric cars come to dominate the new car market a

New research revealed by a national renewable energy supplier has found that Greater London is the fourth most prepared city in the UK for the predicted rise in electric vehicles (EVs) on the roads, with the

I may have said this before, but the electric revolution is really starting to take shape. But, looking back on the developments over the last few years, “starting to take shape” doesn’t really categorise the massive

A £41 million Energy Superhub with the power to charge hundreds of electric vehicles at the same time is to be built in Oxford to help “kickstart an EV revolution”. By 2020 the Energy Superhub Oxford

Morrisons has teamed up with ChargePoint Services on a plan to install rapid electric vehicle chargers across its supermarkets nationwide, enabling customers to power up their EVs within around 20 minutes while they shop in store.

It took five years to sell the first million electric cars. In 2018, it took only six months. The Tesla Model 3 also passed a significant milestone in 2018, becoming the first electric vehicle (EV) to

Rainbow Rare Earths Ltd (LON:RBW), the high grade rare earth (‘RE’) concentrate producer, has today announced its unaudited results for the six months ended 31 December 2018. Highlights ·     Maiden JORC resource announced in December identified two

The biggest issue we face is pollution from vehicles. Health researchers at King’s College say pollution causes 9,000 premature deaths each year in the capital. Mercedes, BMW, Renault-Nissan and Toyota will each unveil more than a

Nissan just reached an important milestone in electric car history, though its likely that it will not be alone for long. The Leaf has become the first EV to top 400,000 sales, crossing that mark slightly

Battery metals lithium and cobalt tend to get the most attention in electric vehicle (EV) discussions, but according to Byron King, rare earths are “the real secret to EVs.” Speaking at the Prospectors & Developers Association

Increasing application of rare earth metals in several key end-use industries is anticipated to fuel their demand over the next few years. Also, major sectors such as energy and automobile are exhibiting a tremendous use of

Could 2018 go down in history as the beginning of the end for fossil-powered vehicles? Several auto industry analysts quoted in a recent Financial Times article (via The Drive) think it’s a possibility. “We will probably