April 22, 2020 US quandary: securing weapons-grade minerals without China The US wants to curb its reliance on China for specialized minerals used to make weapons and high-tech equipment, but it faces a Catch-22.
April 22, 2020 Extracting battery metals from seafloor may beat traditional mining — study Research funded by Canada’s DeepGreen Metals claims undersea mining generates up to 70% less direct CO2 emissions, and up to 94% less pollution.
April 21, 2020 Program to monitor Congo artisanal cobalt miners expanded Partnership between RCS Global and the RMI will help the scheme grow from three sites to six this year, and to 12 or more by 2023.
April 16, 2020 CHART: China’s stranglehold on electric car battery supply chain China has not only shoved aside the US for rare earths, cobalt, graphite and lithium production – new study shows it controls 93% of world's manganese going into EVs.
April 16, 2020 Top managers at mining group Eramet agree to pay cuts Chairman and CEO Christel Bories will forego 25% of her pay and contribute money to the company's solidarity plan.
April 16, 2020 Argentina’s fledgling lithium sector clipped by coronavirus The pandemic has already stymied a US push to develop lithium, while miners have warned the virus could hit to sales and prices further this year.
April 15, 2020 American Manganese, Voltabox recycle li-ion batteries Voltabox wants a recycling solution for its end-of-life battery system.
April 15, 2020 China’s top lithium miner eyes stake sale Tianqi flagged losses for Q1 of 450-510 million yuan, which may force it to sell part of its stake in the Greenbushes mine in Australia.
April 14, 2020 Lynas seeks ‘critical industry’ status in Malaysia as virus hits output The company recorded an 18% drop in Q3 rare earth output.
April 14, 2020 China’s rare earth exports at highest since 2014 China's rare earth exports rose 19.2% year-on-year in March.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
