CHART: Asian battery makers rule EV metals market
During the first quarter of 2025, a combined $3.01 billion worth of battery metals were contained in the packs of newly sold electric vehicles worldwide, up a modest 1.3% year…
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Aus stockpile to tackle ‘distorted’ rare earths market
Rare earth and lithium producers are cautiously backing the Australian government’s proposed critical minerals strategic reserve, amid fresh details and ongoing concerns over its design. The federal Labor government, re-elected…
Podcast: ‘All of the stars are coming together,’ ft The Metals Co. CEO Barron on deep-sea mining
This week’s episode features Gerard Barron, executive chairman and CEO of The Metals Company, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on the controversial topic of deep-sea mining. Barron outlines why…
CHARTS: EV battery metals bill ticks up as cobalt, nickel prices strengthen
The global passenger EV market, including plug-in and conventional hybrids, should easily reach 25 million units this year. In combined battery capacity deployed – a better indicator of battery materials…
Azimut says drill program at James Bay property encounters antimony, gold
Azimut Exploration (TSXV: AZM; US-OTC: AZMTF) reported drill results as high as 6.5 metres grading 3.43% antimony and 2.37 grams gold per tonne at its Wabamisk project in Quebec’s James Bay region. That…
Canada’s mineral output value fell in 2023, report finds
The economy of the future depends on minerals and metals from Canada, MAC asserts.
Kazakhstan to build on $1B in investments
Kazakhstan, the world’s largest uranium producer, wants to diversify its mining sector and build on $1 billion (C$1.4 billion) in private investment over the past five years, a conference in…
Patriot reveals North America’s largest shovel-ready lithium resource in Quebec
Patriot Battery Metals (TSX: PMET; ASX: PMT) has boosted the Shaakichiuwaanaan project’s resource estimate in Quebec ahead of publishing a scheduled feasibility study by September. The update shows a 30%…
Nova Scotians show support for critical minerals mining
As Canada faces rising economic pressures with the trade threats from the Trump administration, a new poll shows broad support among Nova Scotians for expanding the province’s mining and quarrying…
Missiles to MRIs need metal’s highest-grade US deposit
U.S. Critical Materials has confirmed what it calls the highest-grade deposit of neodymium, a rare earth element used in electric motors, ever reported in the United States. The Salt Lake…
Buffett knows resources need rail: ex-Tory leader O’Toole
As U.S. protectionism intensifies under renewed tariff threats and energy pressures, Canada’s former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is calling on the nation to double down on domestic resources and reassert…
Spy agency invests in crit-min startup Alta Resource
Colorado-based start-up Alta Resource Technologies has garnered more funding, including from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, to advance its protein process for separating critical minerals from ore. A $4.4 million…