Global Inventory of Advanced Rare Earth Element Assets

Payne Institute Fellow Andrew Gulley and Graham Lederer write about how the status of rare earth assets around the globe is changing rapidly.  The Global Inventory, date-stamped April 2026, summarizes: operational rare earth element (REE) assets, mine projects with reported resources or reserves, mine projects that have received significant U.S. government funding, and advanced facilities for processing, cracking, separation, smelting, metallization, alloying, and magnet production.  September 29, 2026.