May 14, 2025 EU must set aside over 10 billion euros for key minerals, says agency head The bloc has set 2030 targets for 34 minerals such as lithium and copper.
May 13, 2025 Earth AI announces high-grade indium find at Kooranjie project in Australia The company says it is the first mineral explorer to identify indium at ore-grade concentrations within the region.
May 12, 2025 Ukraine’s mineral dreams: US deal faces Soviet-era hurdles The US-Ukraine mineral cooperation agreement may be bold in vision — but its execution is already proving to be a bureaucratic and logistical quagmire.
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 9, 2025 China launches campaign to crack down on strategic minerals smuggling The campaign urges government departments to target typical evasion methods such as false reporting, concealment, and smuggling.
May 8, 2025 US Critical Materials reports highest-grade neodymium deposit in the US The discovery could help the US reduce its reliance on China for rare earth elements.
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 Column: After Ukraine deal, US turns its critical minerals gaze to Africa The United States has pursued a potentially even more significant critical metals deal in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
May 3, 2025 Southern Cross raises $117M to fast-track Sunday Creek exploration in OZ The project is located 60 km north of Melbourne in Australia’s Lachlan Fold Belt.
EU risks slow demise of aluminum industry if carbon tax not scrapped, Constellium CEO says The upcoming tax - coupled with concerns over supply - has pushed up European premiums for physical metal to a 10-month high. December 05, 2025 | 10:47 am
