May 23, 2025 Trump signs orders to revive US leadership in nuclear power While the country was once the leader in deploying and producing nuclear power, it’s finished building only two new reactors in the last 30 years and shuttered existing plants.
May 23, 2025 US approves Utah uranium mine after two-week environmental review Velvet-Wood becomes the first approved project under an emergency process for the Interior Department to permit energy facilities on federal lands.
May 23, 2025 Canada’s new energy minister vows to speed up permitting, reset industry relations Tim Hodgson vowed on Friday to cut back a lengthy approval process that means major projects can often take many years to be given the green light.
May 23, 2025 Column: US aluminum smelters vie with Big Tech for scarce power It's forty-five years since anyone built a primary aluminum smelter in the US.
May 23, 2025 Miners call on Australian government to lift productivity, go green The Australian Labor Party has a strong mandate to lead, with mining bosses urging the government to bolster resources sector policies.
May 21, 2025 Greenland gives Danish-French group permit to mine rock with green potential The permit was granted to Greenland Anorthosite Mining, backed by French, Danish and Greenlander investment funds.
May 21, 2025 Critical minerals still dominated by few despite diversification efforts: IEA The average market share of the top three refined material suppliers rose from 82% to 86% between 2020 and 2024, says IEA.
May 21, 2025 Energy storage boom drives battery shift, leaving nickel, cobalt behind LFP batteries are fuelling a boom in energy storage projects.
May 21, 2025 Rosneft acquires Russia’s largest rare earth deposit The move by Russia’s state-run oil giant Rosneft mirrors a broader trend of oil majors diversifying into critical minerals.
May 20, 2025 Trump sets stage to sell ocean mining rights off American Samoa The move follows a request for a lease sale from a company the Interior Department identified as US-based Impossible Metals.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
