September 28, 2022 Foran’s ambitious net zero plans for McIlvenna Bay attract investors Foran has had a busy year as it advances the McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc-gold project in Saskatchewan, which it says will be the world’s first zero-carbon operation.
September 27, 2022 Rio Tinto warns miners not moving fast enough on lithium extraction Lithium consumption needed “to surge way above anything that’s planned to be mined,” says minerals chief Sinead Kaufman.
September 26, 2022 Argentine state-run miners launch first-time lithium project Units of Argentina's state oil firm YPF will start work on a 20,000 hectare area lithium prospecting project in Fiambala.
September 26, 2022 Rare earth miner NioCorp to merge with Nasdaq-listed blank check firm Merger with Acquisition Corp II will give it access to up to $285 million for the development of its Elk Creek project in southeastern Nebraska.
September 26, 2022 Volkswagen teams up with Umicore on battery materials The venture - between Umicore and Volkswagen's battery unit PowerCo - also plan to collaborate on recycling metals from battery materials.
September 23, 2022 Canada, South Korea seek deeper cooperation on critical minerals In a joint statement, the two countries said they agreed to deepen their "strategic partnership on supply chain resiliency".
September 23, 2022 US MINES Act seeks to curb Russia, China grip on critical minerals California Republican congressman Ken Calvert said America must be "clear-eyed about the Chinese and Russian aggression when it comes to consolidating critical mineral resources.”
September 23, 2022 Joe Biden’s climate bill has the US battery industry revved up The US is still dependent on China for minerals to feed its nascent battery manufacturing efforts.
September 23, 2022 China may find it hard to cool lithium’s price rally this time around Scorching gains for lithium threaten to push costs even higher for Chinese battery makers.
September 22, 2022 LG Energy inks cobalt, lithium supply deals with three Canadian miners Electra, Avalon and Snowlake will supply LG with 7,000 tonnes of cobalt sulfate, 55,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide and 200,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide respectively.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland rare earth supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the U.S. and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
