Energy Fuels soars on Vulcan Elements partnership
Energy Fuels (NYSE-A: UUUU; TSX: EFR) and U.S. permanent magnet producer Vulcan Elements have teamed up to create what would be “a resilient domestic supply chain” for rare earth magnets…
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Guard killed in attack at Kodal’s Mali lithium mine
Kodal Minerals (LSE: KOD) confirmed on Tuesday that a security guard was killed in an attack on its Bougouni lithium mine in southern Mali on Aug. 22. Assailants on motorcycles…
Ivanhoe advances Kamoa drainage, plans forecasts
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) says draining the East section of Kamoa-Kakula, Africa’s largest copper mine by output, should allow mining to restart early next year while it plans…
Iron ore prices gain after death halts Rio’s Simandou
Iron ore prices climbed to a one-week high on Monday after Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) suspended operations at its Simandou project in Guinea when an incident killed a…
China extends rare earth controls to imports
China has rolled out tighter controls on the mining and processing of rare earths by expanding its quota system to include imported materials and requiring enterprises to report on the…
Gold boom drives rising costs for Aussie producers
As Australian gold producers set forecasts for their 2026 performance, a clear trend has emerged that sets them apart: costs are expected to rise even as non-gold miners predict lower…
Electra seeks cash for stalled cobalt refinery
Electra Battery Materials (Nasdaq, TSXV: ELBM) says it is restructuring its finances to complete what may be North America’s first cobalt sulphate refinery. The battery metals developer said Thursday it…
US could mine tailings to meet crit-min demand: study
The United States could meet much of its demand for critical minerals by recovering materials discarded in mining waste, according to a new study from the Colorado School of Mines. Published…
Brazil Potash lands offtake for giant Amazon project
Brazil Potash (NYSE: GRO) says it has secured a 10-year commercial offtake agreement with mid-tier fertilizer company Keytrade of Switzerland for the Autazes project in the Amazon, the region’s largest. …
Barrick’s Reko Diq in line for $410M financing
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide a $410-million (C$570-million) package to help build Barrick Mining’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) Reko Diq copper-gold project in Pakistan, one of the…
Energy Fuels produces US’ first heavy rare earth oxides
Energy Fuels (NYSE: UUUU; TSX: EFR) says it has successfully produced the first kilogram of heavy rare earth oxides at pilot scale from its White Mesa mill in Utah. Shares…
Viridis doubles REE tonnage in Brazil
Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX: VMM) has unveiled an initial reserve estimate of more than 200 million tonnes at its Colossus ionic adsorbed clay project in Brazil, underpinning a potential high-grade rare…