January 13, 2025

Cleveland-Cliffs teams up with Nucor in potential US Steel bid – report

Development follows the Biden Administration's decision to block Japan's Nippon Steel from taking over US Steel.

January 10, 2025

Caterpillar celebrates 100 years

The manufacturing company officially turns 100 on April 15, marking a century of customer-centric innovation.

January 8, 2025

Canada Rare Earth signs deals to buy permitted refinery, co-develop mine project in Laos

The refinery has a rare earth oxide production capacity of 3,000 tonnes per year.

January 8, 2025

USA Rare Earth produces first batch of magnets at Oklahoma plant

The company is targeting commercial production in 2026.

January 7, 2025

Colorado start-up raises $5.1m to advance critical mineral separation with biochemistry

Alta aims to increase supplies of rare earth elements like neodymium and dysprosium by cost-effectively separating them from abundant low-grade sources.

January 7, 2025

Novel lithium metal battery achieves unprecedented cycling results, CEO says

Pure Lithium announced results it says have never been previously reported from lithium metal battery cycling, and further proves its technology’s commercial viability.

January 7, 2025

Sandvik acquires US-based CAM reseller FASTech

FASTech will be a part of the business unit holding Mastercam, the the world’s leading CAD/CAM software provider.

January 7, 2025

Ivanhoe Electric-BHP exploration alliance kicks off first survey in Arizona

Initially, the parties will explore six areas of interest, with BHP funding $15 million over a three-year period.

January 7, 2025

Are lab-grown diamonds too bling for their own good?

LGD prices are falling because their manufacturing costs also keep dropping, while slow demand is pulling down natural diamond prices.

January 7, 2025

Vale, GreenIron to explore decarbonization projects in Brazil, Sweden

The partnership includes studies on the feasibility of a direct reduction plant to be operated by GreenIron in Brazil.