Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV: UCU) (OTCQX: UURAF) commented on recent sharp price increases and widening pricing disparities between China and ex-China markets for key heavy rare earth elements following China’s April 4, 2025 export controls. The company noted dysprosium oxide exceeding $200/kg in China and $1,000/kg outside China, and terbium oxide reaching $900/kg in China and more than $4,500/kg ex-China, alongside gains in praseodymium-neodymium oxide.
The pricing bifurcation underscores the importance of developing a secure North American midstream refining supply chain centered on its RapidSX technology and planned Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex, the company said. Ucore also announced it ranked second overall on the 2026 TSX Venture 50, supported by a 1,109% increase in market capitalization over the past year.
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Ucore is focused on rare- and critical-metal resources, extraction, beneficiation, and separation technologies with the potential for production, growth, and scalability. The company’s vision is to become a leading advanced technology company, providing best-in-class metal separation products and services to the mining and mineral extraction industry.
Through strategic partnerships, this plan includes disrupting the People’s Republic of China’s control of the North American REE supply chain through the near-term development of a heavy and light rare-earth processing facility in the US State of Louisiana, subsequent SMCs in Canada and Alaska, and the longer-term development of Ucore’s 100% controlled Bokan-Dotson Ridge Rare Heavy REE Project on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska, USA.
Ucore is listed on the TSXV under the trading symbol “UCU” and in the United States on the OTC Markets’ OTCQX Best Market under the ticker symbol “UURAF.” For further information, visit www.ucore.com.
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