May 15, 2025

Century-old hydroelectric power plant in Quebec gets $1.2B boost from Rio Tinto

This is Rio Tinto’s largest single investment in its hydroelectric assets since the 1950s.

May 15, 2025

Guinea revokes 46 mining licences, signalling stricter oversight of major operators

The affected licences cover bauxite, gold, diamond, and graphite operations.

May 15, 2025

China’s output cap to underpin aluminum despite trade wars

China's output is constrained by a government cap of 45 million tons per year, a limit introduced in 2017 to curb overcapacity.

May 12, 2025

South32 appoints Anglo American executive Matthew Daley as CEO

Daley will join as deputy chief executive officer early next year.

May 11, 2025

Column: A gallium lens on China’s minerals dominance and how to break it

The price of gallium has been rising ever since China started restricting exports of the exotic metal in August 2023.

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

Guinea moves to cancel EGA’s mining licence

Emirates Global Aluminium operates one of the largest bauxite mines in Guinea.

May 1, 2025

US Commerce Department launches steel and aluminum ‘inclusions process’

The action follows proclamations by President Donald Trump to establish a mechanism for expanding the scope of steel and aluminum tariffs.

May 1, 2025

Pentagon’s AI metals program goes private in bid to boost Western supply deals

Open Price Exploration for National Security AI metals program is an attempt to counter China's sweeping control of the critical minerals sector.