October 20, 2025 Cleveland-Cliffs eyes rare earths production in the US Geological surveys at its US mining operations found two sites in Michigan and Minnesota with potential to produce rare earths.
October 19, 2025 Russia attacks Ukraine coal mine, second energy site Private Ukrainian energy firm DTEK said Russian forces launched an attack on a colliery in Dnipropetrovsk region.
October 17, 2025 Kenya court blocks $2 billion coal plant at heritage site The developers of the 1,050-megawatt facility majority owned by Centum Investment Co. failed to carry out adequate public participation.
October 16, 2025 Critical mineral firms boost Washington lobbying as US expands investments At least a dozen companies — including lithium, copper, rare earths, and geothermal firms — have signed with major Washington lobbying firms since January.
October 15, 2025 US firm inks pact to build $1.5 billion power line to Congo mines The 720-mile (1,160-kilometer) project will deliver 1,200 megawatts of electricity to Congo’s main mining region.
October 13, 2025 JPMorgan targets critical minerals with $1.5 trillion security initiative Jamie Dimon: “It has become painfully clear that the United States has allowed itself to become too reliant on unreliable sources of critical minerals."
October 13, 2025 Nuclear startup to build reactor plant at Manhattan Project site Radiant Industries is part of growing wave of companies developing advanced nuclear designs that can be produced in factories.
October 10, 2025 Nuclear startup Hadron Energy to go public in $1.2B deal California-based company said it has designed a micro modular reactor with an operationally efficient 10-year fueling cycle.
October 10, 2025 Australia’s coal state reverses plan to close power plants The move comes as global coal consumption rises to a record year after year.
October 9, 2025 Uranium has momentum amid policy tailwinds, fundamentals: Sprott Sprott pointed to a WNA report that forecasted a 124% rise in demand by 2040.
South32 posts nearly 17% jump in quarterly manganese output The world's biggest manganese producer produced 1.3 million wet metric tons of the steel additive for the December quarter. January 21, 2026 | 02:06 pm