December 30, 2025 ISA rules leave seabed mining stuck without benefit sharing Legal experts say deep-sea mining cannot start until the ISA agrees how profits from the global seabed would be shared.
December 21, 2025 How 2026 will reshape US critical minerals resilience Emerging federal activity shows two key themes: growing support for high-risk minerals and renewed focus on domestic processing technologies.
December 19, 2025 US raises Graphite One loan to $2.1B Graphite Creek is described by the US Geological Survey as the largest graphite deposit in the country.
December 15, 2025 Rio Tinto-backed Sovereign Metals partners with World Bank’s IFC for Malawi graphite project Kasiya is the world's largest rutile and second largest graphite deposit.
December 11, 2025 Titan Mining starts operations at Kilbourne graphite plant in New York The company said this marks a historic step forward to restoring end-to-end US natural flake graphite production for the first time in decades.
December 11, 2025 Innovation slump drags mining productivity down — report New McKinsey research says mining productivity has stalled for years as costs rise and grades fall, but innovation could reverse it.
December 9, 2025 Greenland grants 30-year licence to EU-backed graphite project The Amitsoq project is host to one of the world's highest-grade graphite deposits.
December 8, 2025 Reinventing America’s critical minerals supply chain The key will be to nurture new technologies that can win the future — those that can produce economically over the long term while modernizing the industry’s operations.
November 20, 2025 Vianode pledges $2.3 billion to make synthetic graphite in Ontario The Ontario government said it is prepared to lend as much as C$670 million to the project.
November 20, 2025 Northern Graphite halts Quebec operations for repairs, development work Lac des Iles in Quebec is the only operating graphite mine in North America.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
