RANKED: Top 20 automakers by battery metals spending
The global passenger EV market, including plug-in and conventional hybrids, fell short of 30 million units last year, but still showed robust growth of 18% year over year. In combined…
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Phoenix Copper fires chair, CFO over secret payments
Phoenix Copper (AIM: PXC;US-OTC: PXCLY) has dismissed its executive chairman and chief financial officer after an internal investigation uncovered undisclosed related-party payments and unauthorized transactions tied to fundraising activities. The…
Are oceans the next frontier for uranium?
The hunger for uranium won’t abate anytime soon as the heavy metal’s spot price hovers near two-year-highs, but some geologists warn easy-to-mine reserves are shrinking. Enter what may sound…
Trafigura inks 10-year lithium deal with Smackover
Offtake deal with the Standard Lithium-Equinor JV signals growing push to secure domestic battery materials supply in North America.
Skills shortage tightens grip on junior explorers
Junior miners are trimming drill programs and pushing back fieldwork this year as shortages of geologists and drill crews drive up costs and limit access to contractors. With major miners…
Interactive infographic: 25 years of global mining M&A
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Kazakhstan rules spur Canadian uranium explorer exit
Laramide Resources (TSX, ASX: LAM), one of the few Western companies to explore for uranium in Kazakhstan in recent years, is leaving the country as regulatory changes tighten restrictions on foreign participation. State miner Kazatomprom (LSE: KAP) – the world’s top uranium…
Deep-sea mining debate reaches critical global moment
Ocean governance is entering a decisive moment as governments weigh whether to allow deep sea mining in international waters or impose a global moratorium while science and regulations catch up….
Rare earth supply crunch triggers global power shift
Governments and industry are scrambling to loosen China’s grip on rare earths, but new supply will arrive too slowly to prevent shortages, shifting pricing power to a handful of miners…
Lithium demand to exceed supply: WoodMac
Global lithium demand could exceed 13 million tonnes by 2050 under an accelerated energy transition, more than double base-case projections, with supply deficits emerging as early as 2028 unless the…
USA Rare Earth to buy final Round Top stake for $73M
USA Rare Earth (Nasdaq: USAR) is to acquire the remaining minority interest in the Round Top rare earth deposit in Texas in a $73 million all-stock deal, securing full control…
PDAC: ‘Boots on the ground’ at Silicon unlocked huge Discovery of the Year
Geologist Paul Bartos recalled exactly 10 years ago Wednesday when he and other AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) employees met with Renaissance Gold staff to discuss early-stage projects in southern Nevada….