February 4, 2025 Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold expands lithium and nickel exploration to Namibia The company also plans to invest $2 billion in the Mingomba copper-cobalt mine in Zambia.
February 3, 2025 Trump says he wants Ukraine to supply US with rare earths Ukraine contains large deposits of uranium, lithium and titanium.
February 3, 2025 Stardust Power inks long-term lithium supply deal with Sumitomo The supply agreement has an initial term of 10 years, with annual delivery of 20,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate.
January 29, 2025 India approves $1.88bn to develop critical minerals sector The funding illustrates India's efforts to reduce its reliance on imports of minerals such as lithium.
January 29, 2025 India seeking energy, lithium investments in Argentina Indian state firms Khanij Bidesh India and Coal India are already exploring lithium in Argentina's northwest province of Catamarca.
January 29, 2025 China funnelled $57 billion to control critical mineral supply chain A network of at least 26 state-backed banks has helped Beijing tighten its grip on critical minerals over the past two decades.
January 28, 2025 GRAPH: Mining vs AI vs Deepseek Cheap and cheerful Chinese AI does little to unskew relative valuation of one chipmaker against the entire mining industry.
January 28, 2025 Liberia anticipates new minerals discovery will draw $3 billion Studies conducted over five decades and funded by the Chinese show the iron ore exporter also has uranium, lithium, cobalt, manganese and neodymium deposits.
January 27, 2025 Winsome Resources begins permitting for Adina lithium project in Quebec The project is subject to Quebec’s provincial environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) processes.
January 23, 2025 IGO ceases work at impaired Kwinana lithium hydroxide plant The battery metal producer warned of an additional net loss in its first-half results earlier this week.
Gold price to glitter again next year despite biggest gain since 1979 Analysts at JP Morgan, Bank of America and Metals Focus now see bullion hitting $5,000 per troy ounce in 2026. December 17, 2025 | 08:56 am
