The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is taking rare earth mineral processing to the next level. The organization is manufacturing 140 commercial-scale solvent extraction cells at it’s Saskatoon fabrication facility, which should be done by this fall. The cells separate the ores by taking a liquid called rare earth chloride through a process that then separates […]
Canada’s only rare earths mining company is pausing all construction at its Saskatoon processing facility. Vital Metals said in a news release Wednesday the pause will allow the company to conserve cash and seek other sources of funding to potentially build a sustainable business model for the facility. The company had planned to complete a […]
The provincial government is investing $31 million for a Rare Earth Element (REE) Processing Facility in Saskatchewan. The REE facility will be owned and operated by the Saskatchewan Research Council, and is the first-of-it’s-kind in Canada. REE metals are naturally occurring minerals that are described as “essential” to the modern global economy and economic development […]
