May 26, 2025 Nigeria to open two Chinese-backed lithium processing plants this year A $600 million lithium processing plant near the Kaduna-Niger border is slated for commissioning this quarter.
May 26, 2025 Morocco’s Managem reports 20% rise in Q1 revenue The revenue was driven by higher gold, silver, copper, and cobalt prices.
May 26, 2025 Indian steel tycoon’s pathway to Mozambique coal deal reopens JSW’s $74 million deal to buy Minas de Revuboe ran into trouble when the administration of former President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi revoked the mining lease.
May 26, 2025 China’s total gold imports via Hong Kong in April top one-year high A sharp rebound in gold imports, following months of net exports, reflects shifting economic sentiment.
May 26, 2025 Garage meets and sleepless flights: How Nippon Steel’s negotiator stuck at US merger A merger with US Steel would create the world's third-largest steel producer.
May 26, 2025 Chinese customs caution slows some rare earth magnet exports Customs data shows China's exports of permanent magnets fell 51% in April.
May 25, 2025 Congo eyes US minerals deal by end of June, FT reports Kinshasa views the plundering of its mineral wealth as a key driver of the conflict between its forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Congo.
May 23, 2025 Trump signs orders to revive US leadership in nuclear power While the country was once the leader in deploying and producing nuclear power, it’s finished building only two new reactors in the last 30 years and shuttered existing plants.
May 23, 2025 Chile’s ENAMI says lithium venture with Rio Tinto to start production in 2032 Rio Tinto will initially put forward $425 million to the project, which ENAMI said will require a total investment of $3 billion.
May 23, 2025 US Steel to remain in America, form ‘partnership’ with Nippon, Trump says The partnership will create at least 70,000 jobs and add $14 billion to the US economy, Trump said.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
