Materials/Manufacturing

Magnets for Army Drones Mark 10th American Military Contract for Vulcan Elements

DURHAM, N.C., September 23, 2026 – Marking its tenth U.S. Department of War contract, Vulcan Elements announced its competitive selection by the U.S. Army to supply high-performance neodymium iron boron magnets for the Army’s drone initiative to produce small unmanned aircraft systems. The initiative is the Army’s vertically-integrated effort to produce small drones that aims to produce one million drones per year in the United States, at the Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Torngat Metals Assembles Network of Partners & Funding for Rare Earths Project in Canada

Forging partnerships with Inuit, First Nations and local communities in Canada, along with industrial companies involved in manufacturing, Quebec-based Torngat Metals is building a network of alliances aimed at furthering its rare earths to magnets […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Lynas to Acquire Meteoric Resources for $672M, Locking in Giant Rare Earth Reserve in Brazil 

Australian rare earth companies Lynas Rare Earths and Meteoric Resources have agreed to an approximately $672 million deal that will bring Meteoric’s giant reserve in Brazil into Lynas’ already extensive portfolio of rare earth mine […]