January 20, 2025

Investigating magistrate appointed in Belgium in Congo conflict minerals case

The DRC in December filed criminal complaints accusing Apple subsidiaries of using so-called conflict minerals in their supply chain.

January 16, 2025

Greek Metlen expands alumina output to extract critical mineral gallium

The company plans to launch gallium production in 2027 and eventually produce 50 tons a year.

January 14, 2025

Atlas to develop Newfoundland’s Great Atlantic Salt deposit

The GAS project represents North America’s first new salt mine in nearly three decades.

January 13, 2025

Greenland to set terms of defence and mining ties with US, says PM

Prime Minister Mute Egede has summoned the leaders of Greenland's political parties to a meeting to discuss a collective approach to the US interest.

January 13, 2025

Factbox: Greenland’s rich but largely untapped mineral resources

A 2023 survey showed that 25 of 34 minerals deemed "critical raw materials" by the European Commission were found in Greenland.

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.