American Rare Earths, Novex to boost US output
American Rare Earths (ASX: ARR) and metallurgy firm Novex plan to develop U.S. rare earth metal production using feedstock from the Halleck Creek project in Wyoming, said to be the…
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Processing, not output, may decide metal shortages
Critical-mineral shortages through 2035 may depend as much on whether miners can reliably process and deliver usable material as on whether enough tonnes are mined, according to GEM Mining Consulting….
Savannah wins support for contentious Barroso
Savannah Resources (LSE: SAV) has secured fresh backing from local landowners in northern Portugal for the controversial Barroso lithium project, Europe’s largest, as the developer seeks to overcome years of…
Sweden OKs Boliden’s Laver copper concession
Sweden rejected appeals against Boliden’s (STO: BOL) mining concession for Laver, clearing a key hurdle for a copper project that could double the country’s output while leaving major environmental and…
Junior funding model blamed for mine delays
The mining industry’s exploration financing model leaves junior companies ill-equipped to address environmental and social issues that later delay mine approvals, the Washington, D.C.-based Trust, Accountability and Inclusion (TAI) Collaborative…
Cave-in kills 14 illegal miners in South Africa
Fourteen illegal chrome miners died after a mine caved in near Marikana in South Africa’s North West province, while authorities said others may remain trapped, The Daily Maverick reported. Police estimate…
Lupaka Gold lands $49M from Peru to settle dispute
Peru has paid most of arbitration award, clearing the way for the first contingent value rights distribution.
DRC probes how uranium ‘leaked’ into cobalt exports
The Democratic Republic of Congo is investigating uranium contamination in cobalt exports after researchers estimated that thousands of tonnes of the radioactive metal probably left the world’s largest cobalt-producing nation…
U.S. orders black mass, tungsten scrap kept home
The United States will block most exports of spent lithium-ion batteries, or black mass, and tungsten scrap for one year, forcing sellers to reserve the recycled mineral feedstock exclusively for…
Dirty gold overtakes cocaine as crime’s cash machine
Criminal groups continue to shift from cocaine to illegal mining as banks and governments scramble to close financial loopholes.
Editorial: Industrial power returns
For much of the past three decades, mining executives struggled to convince governments that minerals were strategic assets. They no longer have to make that case because the world has made it…
Ottawa approves Canada Nickel’s Crawford mine
Canada Nickel (TSXV: CNC: US-OTC: CNIKF) has secured federal approval to proceed with its proposed Crawford polymetallic mine in Ontario, paving the way for a construction decision next year amid…