November 12, 2025

Battery companies join forces to deploy sodium-ion power systems

Non-lithium-ion batteries have struggled to gain mainstream adoption, but sodium-ion batteries are considered among the industry’s most promising technologies.

November 11, 2025

China’s critical minerals curb has billion-dollar impact on US GDP: Macquarie

Macquarie estimates the US is about 80% import reliant for rare earth compounds and metals, with approximately 70% of those coming from China.

November 10, 2025

Fortune Minerals secures additional funding to build Alberta refinery

The company plans to construct a facility to process concentrates from the NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper mine in the Northwest Territories.

November 10, 2025

Mercuria sizes up Congo coltan mine as Trump pursues peace deal

The Swiss trading house and TechMet are considering a venture to modernize mining and processing at one of the world’s richest deposits of tantalum-bearing coltan ore.

November 10, 2025

Marubeni to invest in Australian critical minerals project

Marubeni is following in the footsteps of compatriot JX Advanced Metals in investing in the Copi mineral sands project.

November 9, 2025

China lifts export ban on gallium, germanium and antimony to US

The Chinese commerce ministry said the suspension of its 2024 export curbs will take place until Nov. 27, 2026.

November 7, 2025

OP-ED: A strategic metal for a strategic moment – Ukraine’s titanium opportunity

Originally the backbone of the Soviet titanium industry, Ukraine was one of the few countries in an exclusive club of titanium sponge producers.

November 6, 2025

USGS officially adds copper, silver to critical minerals list

The new list, compiled by the US Geological Survey, includes 10 additions to the previous one in 2022.

November 6, 2025

Kazakhstan, US sign MOU on critical minerals

Over the past five years, Kazakhstan has attracted about $1 billion in private investment into its mining sector.

November 3, 2025

Rio Tinto, Canada to advance domestic scandium production

Canada Growth Fund will invest about C$25 million to support production at North America’s sole facility capable of supplying the material.