DRC rail line may get $1B from U.S. finance agency
The United States may offer as much as $1 billion to revamp a rail line in central Africa that could help facilitate critical minerals shipments from the Democratic Republic of…
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London Symposium: Atlantic Canada preps for green energy transition
Canada’s Atlantic provinces are gearing up for the critical minerals push by aligning policies with the speed of industry and tapping into green energy. Due to their relatively small populations,…
Tungsten West reports trial output in UK
Tungsten West (LSE:TUN) has generated its first tungsten concentrate as it works to restart one of the world’s largest resources of the defence metal, the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine…
Canadian federal budget promises billions for mining
Canada’s Liberal government plans to form a $2-billion sovereign fund for critical minerals, earmark hundreds of millions in mining industry spending and widen exploration tax credits to a dozen other…
Update lifts Cornish Metals’ UK tin mine value to $336M
Updated PEA outlines a 14-year mine life, with average annual output of about 4,700 tonnes between years two and six, and first production by 2028.
AVZ slams Congo-KoBold deal
Australia-based AVZ Minerals (US-OTC: AZZVF) said on Monday a new agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and U.S.-backed KoBold Metals violates an international arbitration order tied to the…
Abu Dhabi’s IRH spends $500M to control Alphamin tin
Abu Dhabi’s International Resources Holding (IRH) is acquiring a majority stake in Alphamin Resources (TSXV: AFM) to access the Bisie tin mine, one of the world’s largest and highest-grade deposits…
US signs tin deal with Rwanda
The United States has established a new supply of tin, which it hasn’t mined in more than three decades, after Rwanda’s Trinity Metals agreed to export its mined products. Trinity…
US seeks Congo-Rwanda peace deal in 2 months: Reuters
The United States is actively pushing for a peace accord between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, with the aim of having both sign an agreement at the White…
Alphamin cuts tin forecast 12% amid DRC unrest
Alphamin Resources (TSXV: AFM) has lowered its full-year tin production forecast by 12% to 17,500 tonnes due to recent conflict-related disruptions at its Bisie mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo….
Alphamin to resume Congo tin mine, shares rally
Alphamin Resources (TSXV: AFM) says it will resume operations at its flagship tin mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo as security concerns ease with reports of the African nation…
US, DRC near minerals deal: report
The United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo are discussing an agreement that would see U.S. companies take greater control of critical mineral assets in exchange for support for…