January 13, 2025 Snow Lake Energy makes gallium discovery in Ontario Gallium is ranked by the United States as the #1 critical mineral by supply risk.
January 9, 2025 Korea Zinc in talks with US buyers to supply antimony, chairman says China's export ban to the US disrupted the market for the mineral used in semiconductors.
January 8, 2025 Brazil offers $815 million to back strategic minerals projects The support can be used to develop supply chains of minerals including lithium, rare earth elements, nickel, graphite and silicon.
January 8, 2025 Congo rebels muddy minerals market with illegal Rwanda exports, says UN report The flows started after the M23 movement seized the Rubaya area, which has one of the world's largest deposits of coltan.
January 3, 2025 Biden officials issue permit for Perpetua’s Idaho antimony-gold mine The move is aimed at offsetting China's near-total market control of a metal used widely across the defense and energy sectors.
December 24, 2024 CHARTS: The coming critical minerals trade war is BRICS short of a load "While a large number of countries around the world continue to talk about securing raw material supply, China is actually doing something about it."
December 22, 2024 Tiny but vital metal markets rush to adjust to Chinese clampdown A bigger clampdown looks set to have far-reaching ramifications for supply chains feeding American defense and chip-making industries.
December 19, 2024 China’s niche metals export ban lifts prospects for Canadian firms Canadian companies dabbling in these minerals include Teck Resources, Neo Performance Materials and Northern Graphite.
December 17, 2024 Apple says it has told suppliers to stop buying minerals from Congo Apple's statement came in response to a criminal complaint filed earlier in the day against the company in France and Belgium.
December 17, 2024 Column: Critical metals will be a key battleground in US-China trade war It's clear that critical minerals will be China's weapon of choice in its escalating trade war with the United States.
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