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.

December 17, 2024

Congo files criminal complaints against Apple in Europe over conflict minerals

International lawyers said that Apple uses minerals pillaged from Congo and laundered through international supply chains.

December 13, 2024

Rio Tinto assesses potential for gallium production at Quebec operations

Gallium is on the export ban list to the United States that China’s Ministry of Commerce announced last week.