January 21, 2026

Trump streamlines permitting for deep-sea miners

NOAA’s new rules, which take effect immediately, consolidate applications into a single, shorter review period.

January 20, 2026

Brazilian Nickel, Westwin ink offtake deal on Piauí project for US market

Brazilian Nickel would sell up to 10,000 tpa of nickel and 240 to 400 tpa of cobalt.

January 20, 2026

Portugal’s Lifthium wins $210 million grant for lithium refinery

Bondalti, Portugal's largest chemicals producer, already operates sites there and Lifthium aims to start operations by 2030.

January 20, 2026

DRC pitches manganese, copper, cobalt, lithium to US

Kinshasa has sent Washington a shortlist of mines and projects as part of a push to turn diplomacy into supply-chain influence.

January 20, 2026

Geopolitics, tight investment to shape mining in 2026: WoodMac

The consultancy says China, US politics and cautious capital will steer metals demand, prices and investment decisions in 2026.

January 19, 2026

Canadian government bank has billions to back critical mineral projects

The bank wants to help feasibility-stage projects develop the country’s 34 listed critical minerals.

January 19, 2026

Construction on track for Q1 completion at Sibanye’s Keliber lithium project in Finland

Keliber is the EU's most advanced integrated lithium project.

January 19, 2026

Vale Indonesia says 2026 mining quota won’t be enough to meet demand from new smelters

Vale and partners are currently constructing three high-pressure acid leaching plants to extract nickel materials.

January 19, 2026

Bolivia vows to back lithium, energy deals to rebuild trust

New government signals contract stability as it courts US support and foreign capital amid economic strain.

January 18, 2026

Syrah Resources buys more time for Tesla graphite supply deal

The 2021 agreement to supply 8,000 metric tons of graphite a year over four years is key to Syrah’s Vidalia, Louisiana operations.