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. …
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
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.
Perpetua gets final U.S. OK for fast-tracked Stibnite
Perpetua Resources (Nasdaq: PPTA; TSX: PPTA) says it’s obtained the final federal approval for the $1.3 billion capex Stibnite gold-antimony project in Idaho that U.S. President Donal Trump fast-tracked in…
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…
Saudis enter rare earths with MP Materials deal
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) has signed a deal with Saudi Arabia’s state miner Ma’aden to develop a rare earths supply chain in the kingdom, covering everything from mining to magnet…
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…
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…