US announces $400m investment in Australian rare earth mine

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How it spread - 13 original reports, 2 reprints

1. Sat, 8 August 2026

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   • Al Jazeera English09:30first to report
     US announces $400m investment in Australian rare earth mine

     Deal aims to secure scandium supply as China restricts exports for defence products.

2. Mon, 10 August 2026

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   • theconversation.com07:15
     Why the Pentagon is suddenly interested in a tiny town in NSW

     With a half-billion-dollar loan, the US hopes to cut its reliance on Chinese supplies of scandium, a crucial mineral for aerospace. But China still has leverage.

3. Tue, 11 August 2026

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   • hindustantimes.com05:10
     Why Pentagon is suddenly interested in a tiny town in Australia's New South Wales

     Why Pentagon is suddenly interested in a tiny town in Australia's New South Wales

4. Thu, 13 August 2026

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   • zerohedge.com16:00
     Scandium: The Critical Metal Nobody’s Ever Heard Of, But Everyone Needs<!-- -->

     ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

5. Mon, 17 August 2026

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   • Le Monde (France)03:00
     En Australie, une raffinerie de terres rares se prépare à rivaliser avec la Chine

     Canberra ambitionne de jouer un rôle-clé dans l’établissement de chaînes d’approvisionnement en terres rares diversifiées, plus fiables et moins dépendantes de Pékin. L’Etat facilite le financement de projets et développe des partenariats internationaux.

6. Mon, 24 August 2026

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   • Le Monde English00:59
     Australia prepares to compete with China with new rare earth refineries

     Canberra aims to play a key role in establishing more diversified and reliable global rare earth supply chains that depend less on Beijing.

7. Tue, 25 August 2026

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   • zerohedge.com19:20
     Washington Backs Brazil's Serra Verde Mine In $1.55 Billion Rare-Earth Push<!-- -->

     ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

8. Wed, 26 August 2026

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   • South China Morning Post16:44
     US critical minerals proposals to Brazil go unanswered as China looms

     Brazil has not answered two American proposals to formalise cooperation on critical minerals, a senior US diplomat said at Latin America’s largest mining fair, leaving Washington without a bilateral deal as it races to build rare earth supply chains outside China. Matthew Lowe, economic counsellor at the US embassy in Brasilia, said Washington invited Brazil years ago to join the Minerals Security Partnership, a US-led grouping that coordinates investment in mineral supply chains, but never...

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     • scmp.com26 Aug, 16:44their copy
9. Thu, 27 August 2026

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   • South China Morning Post16:55
     Brazil’s rare earths will not loosen China’s magnet grip this decade, researchers say

     Brazil will not be able to make rare earth magnets from its own raw materials before 2032, the coordinator of the country’s main magnet pilot plant said on Wednesday, leaving China’s near monopoly on the technology intact for years to come. Andre Luis Pimenta de Faria, who runs the plant for Senai, the research and training arm of Brazil’s national industry confederation, told a public policy panel at Exposibram, the country’s largest mining congress, that first batches could come by the end...

10. Sun, 30 August 2026

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    • theguardian.com16:30
      The Guardian view on rare earths: it’s common sense to secure essential supply chains

      Editorial: Outsourcing the industry to China cannot continue, but Europe knows it can no longer count on the US for a solution

11. Mon, 31 August 2026

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    • Bloomberg Politics09:15
      Brazil Rare-Earth Mine Shows Hurdles of Breaking Free From China

      About $5 billion in US-backed investment and financing is converging on an open-pit mine in the forested hills of Brazil’s central state of Goias, part of Washington’s push to break its dependence on China for rare earths.

    • South China Morning Post13:30
      US export controls on tungsten, battery ‘black mass’ seen pressuring Chinese recyclers

      With Washington moving to ensure that tungsten scrap and lithium-ion battery “black mass” stay in the United States, analysts warn that the new restrictions will deprive Chinese refiners of a source of lower-cost feedstock and prompt Beijing to seek alternative supplies. China could also accelerate domestic recycling and use its own export controls on rare earths and magnets as leverage, they said. The administration of US President Donald Trump on Thursday barred exports of tungsten scrap...

12. Thu, 3 September 2026

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    • theage.com.au02:53
      Lindian inks 20-year offtake deal for Kazakhstan rare earths product

      Lindian Resources has locked in a 20-year offtake deal with French rare earths specialist Carester to supply high-value heavy rare earths from its hydromet plant in Kazakhstan.

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      • smh.com.au3 Sept, 02:53their copy