China lifts export ban on gallium, germanium and antimony to US
China has lifted a nearly year-long ban on exports of gallium, germanium and antimony to the United States in a further de-escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two largest…
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Tactical raises up to $140M for Texas rare earths project
Tactical Resources (TSX-V: RARE; US-OTC: USREF) said U.S. asset manager Yorkville Advisors Global agreed to provide up to $140 million (C$196 million) in financing – a move that will help…
US confirms copper, silver as critical minerals
The United States has added copper, silver and uranium to an expanded list of critical minerals that it deems are vital to America’s economy and national security. The new list,…
Tungsten West reports trial output in UK
Tungsten West (LSE:TUN) has generated its first tungsten concentrate as it works to restart one of the world’s largest resources of the defence metal, the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine…
Vedanta starts CopperTech Metals in US
Vedanta Resources is spinning out U.S.-domiciled CopperTech Metals to boost the parent company’s $3-billion investment in Konkola Copper Mines in Zambia. CopperTech plans to invest $1.5 billion more in Konkola,…
Podcast: Jack Lundin on mining policy and the World’s Deepest Marathon
This week’s episode features Lundin Mining President and CEO Jack Lundin in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on the major challenges facing miners as the world races to secure critical…
A third of mines don’t meet tailings rules: ICMM
A new report finds 33% of mines around the world operated by two dozen leading companies don’t fully meet industry standards for tailings management. Yet two-thirds of 836 facilities are…
Pilbara CEO warns Aus losing lithium edge to Brazil
Australia’s Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) has found operating in Brazil to be easier than at home, just months after completing a A$560 million ($363 million) acquisition to establish a foothold…
US Spotlight: A Wild West rush for minerals – Part 2
Historic mining regions, including the American West and Alaska, are seeing another gold rush amid the Trump administration’s executive orders to “Make America Great Again” by scaling up domestic critical…
Solaris values Ecuador copper mine at $4.6B
Swiss mine developer Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; NYSE: SLSR) says a prefeasibility study shows its Warintza copper-gold project in southeastern Ecuador would generate an after-tax net present value of $4.6 billion (C$6.4…
I-80 Gold resource positions Nevada’s FAD for sale
I-80 Gold (TSX: IAU; NYSE-A: IAUX) has released a new high-grade polymetallic resource at its FAD project in Nevada to help sell the non-core asset. The resource totals 594,000 indicated…
Deep Sea Rare Minerals seeks US seabed licences
Deep Sea Rare Minerals (DSRM), the parent company of autonomous underwater vehicle operator Deep Sea Vision, has applied for subsea mineral exploration licences with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric…