May 9, 2025 Fortune Minerals reports NICO bismuth project test work results for planned Alberta refinery Company says the NICO deposit contains 12% of global bismuth reserves as well as 1.1 million in-situ ounces of gold.
May 9, 2025 South32’s Hermosa project advances in federal permitting Hermosa is currently the only advanced mining project in the US capable of producing two federally designated critical minerals.
May 9, 2025 China’s rare earth exports drop as trade war crimps supply Overseas sales fell 16% in April from March to 4,785 tonnes.
May 9, 2025 China launches campaign to crack down on strategic minerals smuggling The campaign urges government departments to target typical evasion methods such as false reporting, concealment, and smuggling.
May 9, 2025 Cost of Sibanye lithium project in Finland rises 17% to $880M The revised figure covers the development of the Keliber project through to hot commissioning of the refinery.
May 8, 2025 American Rare Earths sampling returns high grades from Wyoming project A total of 15 samples exceeded the 4,500 ppm level, with one standout sample returning a TREO grade of 13,651 ppm.
May 8, 2025 US Critical Materials reports highest-grade neodymium deposit in the US The discovery could help the US reduce its reliance on China for rare earth elements.
May 7, 2025 MABC maps opportunities for British Columbia as a global player in critical minerals markets BC has 18 operating mines and two smelters and is home to 16 of the 50 minerals the US deems critical to its economy and national security.
May 7, 2025 Rio Tinto extracts first gallium from Quebec operations The gallium was recovered from material produced at Rio Tinto’s alumina refinery in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.
May 7, 2025 Column: After Ukraine deal, US turns its critical minerals gaze to Africa The United States has pursued a potentially even more significant critical metals deal in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
BHP’s Vicuna unveils $18 billion copper investment in Argentina The project is forecast to average 395,000 tons of copper, 711,000 ounces of gold, and 22.2 million ounces of silver annually over its first 25 years. February 16, 2026 | 01:26 pm
