Junior miners Strandline, Black Rock, OreCorp sign agreements with Tanzania
Tanzania's new government, under President Samia Suluhu Hassan, has pledged to grow the mining sector.
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Mineral ores may help prevent sand sustainability crisis
Researchers at the University of Queensland and the University of Geneva are looking into a material produced from mineral ores as a sustainable source of sand.
Petra Diamonds’ stake in Williamson to shrink as part of deal with Tanzania
The company will also grant Tanzania a 16% free-carried interest in its subsidiary Williamson Diamonds Limited.
Rio Tinto to write off $2.4bn Oyu Tolgoi loan to Mongolia
Writing off Mongolia's debt would speed up the timeline for when the country can start receiving dividends from the project.
How a less-than six-month-old fund shook the nuclear fuel market
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USA Rare Earth to produce nearly half of critical minerals in USGS’ updated list
USA Rare Earth said it wants to develop the Round Top project to support a domestic mine-to-magnet supply chain.
New tool monitors countries’ raw materials consumption
Countries' material footprints are comprised of the raw materials they consume domestically, showing where those resources come from globally.
Geothermal brines in California’s Salton Sea could be future source of lithium in the US
A paper by Berkeley Lab scientists states that geothermal brines in the Salton Sea are expected to be a major source of domestic lithium for the United States.
Sri Lanka shows off giant natural blue sapphire
Sri Lankan authorities on Sunday put on show what they said was the world's largest natural corundum blue sapphire.
