October 30, 2025 Outokumpu invests $45 million in US chromium pilot plant The largest producer of stainless steel in Europe plans to be operational in H1 2027 in New Hampshire.
October 30, 2025 Gold holds at $4,000 — but are markets ignoring the real risks? With rate cuts on both sides of the border, markets are flying blind. The Federal Reserve trimmed rates to 3.75–4% but gave […]
October 30, 2025 Arkansas aims to become US lithium hub, overcoming Chinese competition, tech challenges Arkansas is betting its workforce's industrial expertise, electricity rates among the lowest in the US and a permissive regulatory scheme.
October 30, 2025 United States Antimony lifts revenue guidance on mining breakthrough USAC confirmed that the material being mined from Stibnite Hill has grades that are high enough "for a profitable operation."
October 30, 2025 China to suspend new REE export controls for 1 year China won’t be removing the export limits that were introduced in April.
October 30, 2025 US gets rare earth reprieve from China, but not rollback It is unclear whether the commitment to pause the October measures also includes batteries and industrial diamonds.
October 30, 2025 Agnico Eagle launches $130M Avenir unit for critical minerals Agnico plans to contribute $80M in non-gold and non-copper strategic investments, plus $50M in cash to fund Avenir Minerals.
October 29, 2025 US EXIM considers $200 million loan for rare earth firm REalloys The project would need to obtain US customers for its magnets in order to receive the loan.
October 29, 2025 US gives $1.5 billion loan guarantee for fertilizer from coal The financing for Wabash Valley Resources will be used to restart and repurpose a coal gasification plant idled since 2016.
October 29, 2025 North American miners sell shares at fastest pace since 2013 Gold and silver companies account for a third of the number of October’s stock sales.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am
