China’s rare earth exports jump
China’s exports of rare earth products surged in July to levels not seen since January, underscoring Beijing’s easing of export restrictions and tensions with the U.S. Volumes rose 69% to…
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Infographic: Antimony refinement
Antimony is a critical mineral—vital for military applications and ammunition, semiconductors and specialized alloys. Control over its refining capacity carries significant strategic leverage. The Chinese and Russian Spheres of…
Trump to offer Russia minerals access for Ukraine peace
The United States may offer Russia access to its critical minerals alongside other economic incentives in an effort to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, according to The…
US gold tariffs jolt COMEX, shift global trade flows
The Trump administration’s move to apply import duties on the most common forms of bullion delivered into the United States is shaking the gold market and widening the price gap…
Northern Dynasty gets Pebble court dates
Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE-A: NAK) has secured its first detailed court schedule in months for its long-running dispute with U.S. authorities over one of the world’s largest undeveloped…
Podcast: The geopolitical race to mine the deep-sea floor, ft Ilya Epikhin
This week’s episode features Ilya Epikhin, Senior Principal at consultants Arthur D. Little and Global Lead for Metals and Mining, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli. Epikhin offers his perspective…
Desert Gold dodges Mali risk with low-cost project
Desert Gold Ventures (TSXV: DAU; US-OTC: DAUGF) is proposing a modest project compared to peers in junta-led Mali to build on smaller costs and scale. Named after the Senegal Mali…
Why a bullet metal is behind $2.2B Idaho project
U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Idaho Governor Brad Little visited Perpetua Resources’ (Nasdaq: PPTA; TSX: PPTA) Stibnite gold-antimony project this week, underscoring the Trump administration’s push for minerals essential to…
Guinea squeezes Emirati-owned bauxite miner
Guinea, the world’s top exporter of bauxite, has revoked the mining title of Emirates Global Aluminium’s GAC subsidiary and awarded it instead to a new local entity – a move…
US courts Cook Islands for deep-sea mining
The United States has begun talks with the Cook Islands for research on seabed mineral exploration and development, just months after the South Pacific nation inked cooperation pacts with China that…
The Metals Co. posts first deep-sea resource
The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) has released a prefeasibility study and a resource — the first of its kind — for its seabed mining plans that show a potential return…
US mulls REE price floor to lift output: Reuters
United States government officials are ready to guarantee critical minerals producers a minimum price for their product in a bid to raise domestic output and reduce China’s market dominance, Reuters…