October 21, 2025 RANKED: Top 10 automakers by battery cobalt spending Congo’s export quotas have lit a fire under cobalt prices and spending on the battery material is up 51% year on year despite ongoing thrifting.
October 21, 2025 Rare earth stocks surge in Sydney after Trump’s Australia pact The pact signals a new way for miners to approach capital raising.
October 20, 2025 South32 posts 135% jump in quarterly manganese output The diversified miner said it had successfully executed the operational recovery plan at its Australia operations.
October 20, 2025 EIB seeking critical minerals investments in Australia, exec says "We are capable to take risk ... we use our capital very efficiently to go for the right projects," says Nicola Beer, vice president of the European Investment Bank.
October 20, 2025 BHP bets on iron ore resilience despite China slowdown; Q1 output misses BHP kept its fiscal 2026 output forecast for Western Australia iron ore unchanged at between 284 and 296 million tonnes.
October 20, 2025 Minespider, Rare Earth Ventures partner to bring traceability to Australian minerals supply chain Through this collaboration, the two companies will deploy digital product passports that embed transparent, verifiable data into raw material supply chains.
October 20, 2025 Trump signs agreement on critical minerals with Australia Albanese said the deal represented an $8.5 billion “pipeline that we have ready to go.”
October 20, 2025 United States Antimony offers $470M to buy Australian miner Larvotto Resources is currently advancing the Hillgrove project in New South Wales, which holds the largest antimony resource in the country.
October 20, 2025 Australia pitches to be US fix for China’s rare earth curbs Representatives of Australian mining firms were told by US agencies that the administration is assessing mechanisms to take equity-like stakes.
October 19, 2025 A stock trader’s guide to navigating China’s curb on rare earths The implications for investors are far-reaching, as countries led by the US scramble to shore up access to the raw materials, often by funneling investments to miners outside of China.
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