May 13, 2024 Top critical mineral miner CBMM sees opportunity in EV batteries CBMM sold 600 tons of niobium oxide for batteries in scooters and other small vehicles last year as part of a test project.
May 8, 2024 Eurobattery Minerals to acquire majority stake in Spanish tungsten miner Miner signed a non-binding letter of intent to invest €2.5 million in Spanish company Tungsten San Juan and obtain 51% ownership on a fully diluted basis.
May 1, 2024 NioCorp drops TSX listing in favor of Nasdaq NioCorp is currently developing an advanced minerals project in southeast Nebraska.
May 1, 2024 Cornish Metals’ UK tin project worth over $200 million The economic assessment of Cornish' flagship South Crofty project outlines a promising financial profile, backing the asset's potential.
April 23, 2024 Rio Tinto donates $875,000 to Missouri University to research critical minerals recovery from waste Project will test new chemical dissolution strategies and purification techniques to produce pure gallium and germanium compounds from waste materials.
April 23, 2024 Airbus wins reprieve from Canadian sanctions on Russian titanium Canada has granted Airbus a waiver to allow it to use Russian titanium in its manufacturing after becoming the first Western government to ban supplies of the strategic metal.
April 22, 2024 Mayur Resources fully funded for Central Lime project in Papua New Guinea CLP is within Mayur’s unique Single Factory Special Economic Zone, close to both domestic and overseas markets in Australia and Asia.
April 8, 2024 Perpetua tapped for $1.8 billion loan to develop gold-antimony mine in Idaho If approved, the loan would be one of Washington's largest investments ever in a domestic mine.
April 3, 2024 Gallium price has more than doubled since China export curbs Prices for gallium are close to their highest since 2011.
March 21, 2024 US Critical Materials makes gallium discovery at Sheep Creek in Montana The US is 100% dependent on imported gallium, which is critical for national defense, primarily from China, which curbed exports last year.
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