December 4, 2024

The 45X tax credit makes a difference for US critical minerals

Regulations lawmakers and policymakers implement today will play an outsized role in the critical mineral landscape of tomorrow.

December 4, 2024

China’s trade reprisals may extend to minerals like rare earths

China isn’t short of options when it comes to critical minerals that could be used as counters in a trade war with the US.

December 3, 2024

The role of minerals in Trump’s energy strategy dominance agenda

Achieving energy dominance will necessitate substantial quantities of minerals, ranging from tungsten in exploration drill bits to copper in electrical transmission lines.

November 29, 2024

Column: US targets scrap to close the critical minerals gap

As the US government is discovering, investing in new scrap processing capacity is far cheaper and greener than building new mines.

November 27, 2024

RANKED: Top 20 automakers by EV battery metal spending

Value of the graphite, lithium, nickel, cobalt and magnesium contained in EV batteries is up 38% from the lows struck in January.

November 26, 2024

Biden officials make last-ditch push for Greenland mining investment

Greenland contains large deposits of most of the minerals considered critical by the US Geological Survey.

November 26, 2024

Critical Metals makes gallium discovery at Tanbreez REE project

The concentration of gallium reached up to 147 parts per million Ga2O3, according to initial drilling analysis.

November 23, 2024

Column: Trump 2.0 won’t reverse Biden’s critical minerals push

Donald Trump has described the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as a "green scam" and vowed to repeal it after he returns to the White House in January.

November 20, 2024

Putin scolds Tomtor rare earth deposit’s operator over development delays

Located in the north of the Siberian region of Yakutia, Tomtor is a key project in Russia's plans to boost output of rare earth.

November 18, 2024

Forrest’s Wyloo casts doubt over future of rare earths hopeful

Rare earths junior Hastings Technology Metals is in a dispute with its financial backer, Wyloo.