June 19, 2025 Electra Battery Materials begins build to restart North America’s only cobalt sulfate refinery The early works initiative is partially supported by a $20 million award from the US Department of Defense.
June 19, 2025 World’s most profitable nickel plants face cost challenge The price of sulfur, a chemical used to produce acid, has more than tripled in price over the past year.
June 18, 2025 Indonesia plans to punish nickel park for alleged breaches Environmental violations have been found at the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, according to the Ministry of Environment.
June 18, 2025 INSIGHT: Rural Oklahoma strives to become American hub for critical minerals processing Oklahoma's push into minerals processing marks an unexpected twist in the US efforts to wean itself off Chinese rivals who have blocked exports.
June 17, 2025 Lithium startup eyes US battery plant to skirt Trump tariffs Pure Lithium is working on a testing facility to build a new type of lithium battery that’s completely manufactured domestically.
June 17, 2025 Chevron joins oil majors in US lithium production push It has secured about 125,000 net acres in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas.
June 16, 2025 Giyani Metals receives loan interest from US EXIM for Botswana manganese project The funding is part of the US effort to reduce its reliance on critical minerals from China.
June 16, 2025 TMC secures $85M from Korea Zinc to boost deep-sea mining push Deal gives Korea Zinc a 5% stake in TMC, which called the investment key to securing a resilient US supply of critical minerals.
June 16, 2025 MinRes, Ganfeng attempt to keep lithium JV alive Cash injection into Mt Marion comes as MinRes struggles with A$5.8B debt and a market cap that has sunk to A$4.6B.
June 13, 2025 The Ring of Fire: an abundance of metals, few juniors The Ring of Fire has been called one of the most promising opportunities for critical minerals development in the Canadian province of Ontario.
UAE aluminum maker seeks investors for $6 billion US plant The EGA plant is expected to require $5 billion to $6 billion of capital investment and produce about 750,000 tons of primary aluminum a year. December 16, 2025 | 02:54 pm
