November 13, 2025 Glencore, Chilean Cobalt sign offtake for Americas supply The parties expect most intermediate products to be shipped to privately held US Strategic Metals’ hydrometallurgical battery metals processing facility.
November 13, 2025 RANKED: World’s 20 biggest gold projects – measured and indicated resources While many of the largest projects have been stalled for years, the pipeline continues to swell as gold prices stay on the boil.
November 13, 2025 Ascend Elements lands multi‑year lithium carbonate offtake with Trafigura The partnership pairs Ascend Elements’ hydro‑to‑cathode technology with Trafigura’s global marketing and logistics platform.
November 13, 2025 Ivanhoe Electric secures $200M bridge loan for Arizona copper mine Ivanhoe said it is in talks with interested parties both project-level minority investment and long-term debt.
November 12, 2025 Eagle Energy reports positive metallurgical results for Aurora uranium project Results show that Aurora’s uranium may be recovered more efficiently and at lower cost than anticipated, CEO says.
November 12, 2025 US House report accuses China of minerals market interference The House committee's report alleges that China has specifically targeted the lithium and rare earths industries.
November 12, 2025 Battery companies join forces to deploy sodium-ion power systems Non-lithium-ion batteries have struggled to gain mainstream adoption, but sodium-ion batteries are considered among the industry’s most promising technologies.
November 12, 2025 Iran’s missing uranium stockpile is growing concern at UN nuclear watchdog The International Atomic Energy Agency reiterated it hasn’t been able to verify Iran’s fuel stockpile since mid-June.
November 12, 2025 Toyota opens US battery plant, confirms $10 billion investment plan The Japanese automaker first announced the plan in December 2021 to produce batteries for its hybrid and electric vehicles.
November 12, 2025 Column: Copper joins critical minerals list but the US has plenty already The country is successfully building what might be described as a strategic stockpile, just one held by the commercial rather than the state sector.
Canada Nickel’s Crawford project gets fast-tracked With the 1P1P fast tracking, the province hopes construction can start on Crawford by the end of the year. January 13, 2026 | 11:31 am
