Burkina Faso completes nationalization of five gold mining assets
Burkina Faso is Africa's fourth largest gold producer, producing more than 57 tons of gold in 2023.
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Column: Demand destruction can help break China’s rare earths chokehold
Western automakers have chosen to ignore the historical precedent and doubled down on a technology that remains almost totally beholden to Beijing's export whims.
Infographic: Who controls the rare earths shaping the future?
This graphic breaks down global extraction at the mine level.
Talga clears final hurdle for Swedish graphite mine
Talga can proceed with its integrated Vittangi anode project, linking the approved Nunasvaara South mine and Luleå refinery.
Perpetua Resources secures $400M equity financing for Stibnite project in Idaho
The Stibnite project holds an estimated 148-million-pound antimony reserve — the only identified in the US.
Ivanhoe slashes 2025 copper guidance by 28% following DRC mine restart
The company's revised guidance is between 370,000 and 420,000 tonnes of copper in concentrates.
Canada eyes further moves to counter foreign steel dumping
ArcelorMittal, Cleveland-Cliffs and Algoma Steel Group are among Canada’s top producers.
Land Rovers, houses and whisky: Gold rally brings riches to rural Zimbabwe
The three-year surge in gold prices is enriching the country’s more than 700,000 informal, or artisanal, miners.
Rare earth startups eye slice of $1 billion bounty from Brazil
State-owned entities have spent weeks sifting through 124 pitches for initiatives totaling $15 billion, including many by firms seeking to churn out rare earths.
