Gallium and germanium, along with their chemical compounds, will be subject to export controls starting Aug. 1.

Mines across the continent are forecast to increase production of lithium raw materials more than 30-fold from last year’s volume by 2027.

Solar's share of total consumption is forecast to be 14% this year, up from around 5% in 2014.

The National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, the government stockpiling body, may buy about 2,000 tons of cobalt.

The European Commission proposed in March that EU extraction of 16 "strategic raw materials", including lithium and copper.

Resources are stretched so thin at Brazil’s mining regulator that officials have walked off the job.

Endeavour has been one of the most acquisitive among the industry’s mid-sized players, having sealed several deals in recent years.

The Tanbreez property in Greenland takes top spot.