July 27, 2021

Rio Tinto’s lithium market entry likely only start of battery metals ambitions

"Lithium M&A likely a formality in the coming years" as Rio Tinto plans $2.4 billion mine in Serbia from entirely new mineral source – jadarite.

July 23, 2021

Top ten US-based mid-tiers to juniors, excluding coal and precious metals

These companies have seen some of the most dramatic increases in valuations as their market caps surged over the course of the last year.

July 21, 2021

Rio Tinto’s RBM to shut furnace as stockpiles depleted

The Richards Bay Minerals operation in South Africa has been halted since late June following the murder of the top manager.

July 19, 2021

Low-cost, sustainable plasma technology could replace one of world’s rarest materials

Technology would replace indium, a rare chemical element widely used in smartphones and computers.

July 16, 2021

Dawn of a mining supercycle. Are you taking the fizz?

MINING.COM takes issue with a new white paper by Wood Mackenzie forecasting the varying impacts of the green energy transition on metals and mining demand.

July 12, 2021

Forecasts morph into reality as tech metals fundamentals heat up

Demand for technology metals is accelerating ahead of the supply curve.

July 12, 2021

Rio Tinto to keep South African operation shut

Richards Bay Minerals, shut down following the murder of the top manager, will open only if safety of people is guaranteed.

July 1, 2021

US Forest Service advances Perpetua Resources’ plan for Idaho Stibnite-Gold project

The project could become one of the largest and highest-grade open-pit gold mines in the US —and the country’s only primary producer of antimony.

June 29, 2021

Critical metals developer NioCorp stock jumps over 20%

NioCorp is currently developing a superalloy materials project in southeast Nebraska that will produce niobium, scandium and titanium.

June 25, 2021

How a gold-stibnite restoration in Idaho could add antimony to US supply chain

A Hallgarten & Company whitepaper published this year positions the critical mineral antimony as the "new metal in mass storage."