Commentary: Canada should back critical minerals with buyers
The federal government’s first move through the Canada Critical Minerals Accelerator did not go to a lithium developer or a nickel mine. It went to germanium, antimony and gallium at…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
New South Wales government approves $497M Copi critical minerals project
Australia’s New South Wales state has approved RZ Resources’ A$693 million ($497 million) Copi mineral sands mine project, which is expected to produce up to 400,000 tonnes of critical mineral…
‘Myopic’ World Bank must shift to critical minerals from climate change, Bessent says
The U.S. government is pressing the world’s top development lenders to pivot towards funding critical minerals projects in an effort to bolster a supply chain that’s dominated by China. Speaking…
US backs firms for first gallium in 40 years
The U.S. Department of Energy is funding five companies to help establish a domestic supply chain for gallium, a critical material for the defence and semiconductor sectors that America hasn’t…
Canada’s critical minerals push faces capital gap: RBC
Canada has channelled just 11% of its mining capital into critical minerals over the past 25 years, leaving the country behind global peers as demand for strategic resources accelerates, a…
Utah rare earths developer Ionic eyes 2027 IPO
Rare earths developer Ionic Mineral Technologies is said to be considering an initial public offering as it prepares to release a new study on the Silicon Ridge project in Utah. …
Canada defers spot in US critical minerals pact: Globe
Canada won’t immediately take part in a United States plan to assemble allies into a preferential trade bloc for critical minerals, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told the Globe and…
U.S. Army drafts Perpetua for antimony refining
The U.S. Army is backing a new generation of small, mobile refineries to secure critical minerals for weapons production, beginning with antimony sourced from Perpetua Resources’ (Nasdaq: PPTA; TSX: PPTA)…
Friedland-backed scandium miner enters supply deal with Lockheed Martin
Robert Friedland-backed Sunrise Energy Metals (ASX: SRL) could become a long-term supplier of scandium for Lockheed Martin under the recently signed Australia-U.S. critical minerals pact, the company announced late on…
Stibnite gold-antimony project OK’d for construction
Perpetua Resources (Nasdaq: PPTA; TSX: PPTA) can start building its $1.3-billion Stibnite gold-antimony project in Idaho next month after receiving a notice to proceed from the U.S. Forest Service on…
ASM hits commercial crit-min output in Virginia
Atlantic Strategic Minerals (ASM) says it’s reached commercial production at the largest mineral separation plant in North America, part of a $200-million investment in a complex including construction and a…
Canada’s mineral output value fell in 2023, report finds
The economy of the future depends on minerals and metals from Canada, MAC asserts.