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.
January 23, 2025 Chile keeps faith in lithium expansion even as glut worsens The government is confident that investors will compete for licenses to drill new deposits even amid a worsening global glut.
January 23, 2025 Stardust Power breaks ground on $1.2bn lithium refinery in Oklahoma The project will be developed in two phases, with a production capacity of 50,000 tonnes per annum.
January 23, 2025 Tianqi Lithium warns of 2024 loss, halts Australia expansion The Chinese miner warned that it expects to post a net loss of as much as 8.2 billion yuan ($1.1 billion) for 2024.
January 23, 2025 Chile’s mining agency expects another global lithium surplus this year Global surplus is still expected for 2024 and 2025, according to Cochilco.
January 22, 2025 Shares rise as Savannah points to larger lithium deposit in Portugal Lab assays revealed extensive lithium mineralization in the C-100 and Aldeia mining areas.
Gabon to audit mining deals as reforms start amid IMF talks As part of discussions with the multilateral lender, President Brice Oligui Nguema “has demanded the full publication of all mining agreements". December 19, 2025 | 10:51 am
