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Investors drive record surge in strategic minerals stock trading

20 OCTOBER 2025

It’s not just Donald Trump and the United States that is looking at Australian strategic minerals and rare earths explorers, miners and producers.

Local investors are also fuelling an unprecedented boom in strategic minerals and rare earths stocks, with activity on the ASX surging over 300% in the year to mid-October 2025, according to new data from wholesale trading platform AUSIEX.

“Since April, we’ve seen demand for rare earth and strategic minerals stocks grow strongly, with October marking a dramatic spike in trades – up eleven-fold from September,” reports Chris Hill, National Manager of Strategic Relationships at AUSIEX.

“It was similar with advised and SMSF accounts,” Mr Hill says, “with 43% of all trades done for SMSFs in October comprising strategic mineral-related stocks – with, interestingly, a large number of these undertaken by retirees or pre-retiree accounts.”

“Overall, there was a 250% increase in the number of accounts trading strategic minerals stocks, revealing that more investors in general are interested in this sector.”

Mr Hill notes, “Top buys include Lynas Rare Earths, American Rare Earths, Arafura Rare Earths, Australian Strategic Materials, Brazilian Rare Earths, Iluka Resources, Lindian Resources, and St George Mining.”

“This surge isn’t just about global headlines - local investors are actively reshaping their holdings,” he says. “We’re seeing investors, including advised and SMSF investors, pivot toward these sectors, reflecting growing confidence in Australia’s role as a strategic minerals powerhouse.”

Top buys of strategic minerals stocks by ALL investors
  1. Iluka Resources
  2. St George Mining
  3. Lynas Rare Earths
  4. Meteoric Resources
  5. Arafura Rare Earths
  6. Australian Rare Earths
  7. American Rare Earths
  8. Peak Resources
  9. Australian Strategic Materials
  10. Northern Minerals

AUSIEX accounts for a third of the wholesale trading market in Australia. Its analysis was based on a sample of a large cohort of its trading data.



Media contact

Guy McKanna
Honner
0430 355 985
guy@honner.com.au

About AUSIEX

With over 25 years of experience in the market and the backing of NRI, a global powerhouse in technology and operations services, we have a depth and breadth of knowledge within the Australian equities market, enabling us to understand the world our clients operate in and the challenges they face. AUSIEX currently supports over 4,400 advisers from over 1,000 dealer groups Australia-wide.
Supporting all segments of the Australian wholesale market, we provide choice and flexibility across the entire trade lifecycle. Our offering covers domestic and international trade execution, clearing and settlement services, online corporate actions, portfolio administration, tax reporting, fully supported B2B platforms and everything in between.

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Founded in 1965, NRI is a leading global provider of consulting services and system solutions, including management consulting, system integration, IT management and solutions for the financial, manufacturing, retail and service industries. Clients from all layers of these individual industries partner with NRI to tap NRI’s research expertise and innovative solutions across the organization to expand businesses, design corporate structures and create new business strategies. NRI has more than 16,000 employees in 16 countries and regions including New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia. NRI is rated “A” by S&P Global Ratings Japan. For more information, visit https://www.nri.com/en.

Disclaimer

This information contains general advice and has been prepared without taking into account your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider its appropriateness, having regard to your objectives, financial situation and needs. Investors should read the relevant disclosure document and seek professional advice before making any decision based on this information. This information has been prepared by Australian Investment Exchange Limited (AUSIEX) ABN 71 076 515 930 AFSL 241400, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI). AUSIEX is a Market Participant of ASX Limited and Cboe Australia Pty Ltd, a Clearing Participant of ASX Clear Pty Limited and a Settlement Participant of ASX Settlement Pty Limited.

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