January 28, 2025

Sweden’s LKAB says it could meet 18% of Europe’s rare earth needs with Per Geijer mine

The project has resources of around 1.7 million tonnes of rare earth oxides.

January 28, 2025

Congo rebel gains to boost illicit mineral trade through Rwanda, analysts say

M23 insurgent group entered eastern Congo's largest city this week.

January 27, 2025

Winsome Resources begins permitting for Adina lithium project in Quebec

The project is subject to Quebec’s provincial environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) processes.

January 27, 2025

Cobalt price at lowest since 2016 amid record production

China’s CMOC set a new production record last year and plans to maintain similar output levels through 2025.

January 24, 2025

Canadian mining optimistic in face of Trump tariff threat

As most Canadian industry leaders have pointed out, the US depends on Canada for a host of minerals and supplies.

January 24, 2025

NEO Battery to build Canada’s first advanced silicon anode plant in Windsor

The company pledges to invest up to C$120 million and create over a hundred jobs in a key automotive hub.

January 23, 2025

IGO ceases work at impaired Kwinana lithium hydroxide plant

The battery metal producer warned of an additional net loss in its first-half results earlier this week.

January 23, 2025

Chile keeps faith in lithium expansion even as glut worsens

The government is confident that investors will compete for licenses to drill new deposits even amid a worsening global glut.

January 23, 2025

Stardust Power breaks ground on $1.2bn lithium refinery in Oklahoma

The project will be developed in two phases, with a production capacity of 50,000 tonnes per annum.

January 23, 2025

Column: Only Indonesia can help nickel recover from price bust

Nickel ended 2024 trading at four-year lows, a spectacular reversal of fortune for a metal that soared so high in 2022 it almost broke the London Metal Exchange.