May 15, 2025 Ucore gets additional $18.4M Pentagon funding for Louisiana rare earth plant Facility will be commissioned in stages, with production scaling up from 2,000 tonnes per annum initially.
May 14, 2025 MP Materials signs rare earths deal with Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden The US miner has signed an MoU with Saudi's state miner to develop a rare earths supply chain in the kingdom.
May 14, 2025 US establishes new tin supply chain in deal with Rwanda’s Trinity Metals The move comes as Rwanda seeks to diversify its mineral exports and strengthen trade relations with the US.
May 14, 2025 China pauses rare earth export curbs targeting US entities Move is part of the trade detente struck between the world’s two largest economies.
May 14, 2025 Congo may impose more cobalt curbs after four-month export ban The country imposed the export ban in February to try to revive prices for the metal.
May 14, 2025 EU must set aside over 10 billion euros for key minerals, says agency head The bloc has set 2030 targets for 34 minerals such as lithium and copper.
May 13, 2025 MTM Critical Metals secures permitted Texas industrial site for recovery plant The facility will focus on recovering high-value critical metals – such as gallium, germanium, indium and gold-rich e-waste.
May 13, 2025 Ukraine, US sign additional documents on implementing minerals deal The move brings both countries closer to finalizing a major profit-sharing deal aimed at securing US investment opportunities in Ukraine.
May 13, 2025 Rio Tinto bets big on Lithium Triangle’s brine riches CEO Jakob Stausholm says brines in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia offer the best chance for the world to access low-cost, high-quality lithium.
May 13, 2025 China issues first rare earth magnet export permits, includes Volkswagen suppliers China has issued export permits to at least four rare earth magnet producers.
Trafigura’s Nyrstar ships first antimony batch from Australia plant The Port Pirie facility has the potential to produce up to 5,000 tons of antimony per year. February 16, 2026 | 07:16 am
