China germanium, gallium ban could cost US$3.4B
According to the USGS, gallium prices could increase by more than 150% and germanium prices by 26% in the event of a total ban.
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Inomin, Sumitomo team up on BC nickel project
Inomin Mines (TSXV: MINE) is partnering with Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining to advance the Beaver-Lynx project into what it says could be a major nickel source in British Columbia’s gold-mining…
Romania grants mining rights to US-backed Verde Magnesium
Verde Magnesium plans to invest US$1 billion in Romania as the country’s government has granted it the go-ahead to bring back to life a disused mine, shut down in 2014….
Battery Metals Snapshot: Eight juniors on the hunt
Without adequate supplies of battery metals, the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 cannot be reached. Here are eight companies who are on the hunt for the metals in…
What the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act means to miners
The EU published its proposed Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) on Mar. 16, with the ambitious goal of “establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical…
USGS publishes 2022 critical minerals list
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has released the final list of 50 critical minerals the domestic economy requires for economic and national security. The new list builds on the initial…
US Geological Survey reports 2020 mine production in the US
Mines in the United States produced about US$82.3 billion in minerals in 2020, according to figures from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Mineral Commodity Summaries report. The figure was about US$1.5…
Australia to ramp-up production of critical minerals
The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), in collaboration with Geoscience Australia and the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, recently published the second edition of the Australian Critical…
Top 10 US-based mid-tiers to juniors, excluding coal and precious metals
The Northern Miner presents the top-10, U.S.-based mid-tier to junior companies, excluding coal and precious metals, by market capitalization, as of July 24, 2020. 1. Compass Minerals Market cap: US$1.8 billion Compass…
Technology Metals Snapshot: Eight juniors developing next generation metals
While mining is best known for supplying the world with precious and base metals, technology metals – such as lithium, cobalt and transition metals – are needed for advanced applications,…
Alliance Magnesium to invest $145M in magnesium recycling plant
Alliance Magnesium, a private Canadian company focused on producing primary magnesium from serpentine mine tailings and secondary magnesium to make value-added products, has received enough funding for its commercial demonstration…