September 22, 2025

US agency wants to buy scandium oxide from Rio Tinto for defence stockpile

The US Defense Logistics Agency is seeking to buy scandium oxide worth up to $40M over the next five years from Rio Tinto.

September 19, 2025

Idaho’s Stibnite gold-antimony project cleared to begin construction

The mine is expected to supply over 35% of US antimony demand.

September 18, 2025

Column: Commodities could be on the verge of a new super cycle

Today, there are structural factors on both the supply and demand sides of the commodities equation that could catalyze the next boom.

September 16, 2025

US interested in funding Friedland-backed scandium project

The potential $67 million loan represents about half the project development costs, the company said.

September 15, 2025

Congo-Rwanda draft deal outlines role of US, others in revamp of minerals sector

The countries signed a peace deal in Washington in June.

September 10, 2025

Friedland-backed Sunrise Energy doubles scandium resource in Australia

Sunrise says the new estimate confirms Syerston as the world’s largest and highest-grade scandium deposit.

September 9, 2025

Iluka shares slump on planned halt in mineral sands output

Iluka holds sufficient inventories of synthetic rutile — a high-grade titanium dioxide product mainly used to make pigment.

September 9, 2025

Perpetua advances potential $2B Stibnite loan

The project may become the only mined source of antimony in the US and was one of several chosen for fast-tracking this year by the Trump administration.

September 9, 2025

Column: US critical minerals list expands ahead of possible tariffs

Which metal is next for the tariff treatment?

September 5, 2025

Ancient rocks in Australia reveal one of world’s most promising new niobium deposits – report

The discovery has big implications for clean energy tech, Curtin University said.