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. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 13, 2021 | 3:35 am
How a less-than six-month-old fund shook the nuclear fuel market The Sprott Physical Uranium Trust holds almost a third of the world’s annual supply -- and it’s getting bigger. Bloomberg News | December 12, 2021 | 1:42 pm
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. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 12, 2021 | 1:23 pm
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. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 12, 2021 | 11:59 am
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. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 12, 2021 | 10:35 am
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. Reuters | December 12, 2021 | 10:01 am
Another 4 years of gold’s tricky romance with Jay Gold will have to live with Jerome under the same roof for another four years. Sunshine Profits | December 10, 2021 | 11:45 am
Copper miners, smelters inch closer to treatment charge deal The two sides are $8 a tonne apart on where they would like the treatment charge benchmark to be. Reuters | December 10, 2021 | 11:27 am
Under leftist president, Peru faces pitched battle over mining The battle over mining in Ayacucho is a flashpoint for the new government as well as for global metal markets that rely on Peru’s rich deposits. Bloomberg News | December 10, 2021 | 10:10 am