January 28, 2025 Liberia anticipates new minerals discovery will draw $3 billion Studies conducted over five decades and funded by the Chinese show the iron ore exporter also has uranium, lithium, cobalt, manganese and neodymium deposits.
January 26, 2025 South Africa coal, metal exporters to spend billions on rail Organizations representing firms including Glencore and a unit of Anglo American are negotiating the terms of the pacts with Transnet.
January 19, 2025 South32 beats manganese output estimates as Australian operations restart South32 has undertaken a phased restart of manganese mining activities at its GEMCO project.
January 15, 2025 TMC shares surge as support for deep sea mining grows ahead of Trump presidency Several nominees for positions in the president-elect’s administration have previously voiced support for ocean mining.
January 14, 2025 Biden signs executive order to power-up AI infrastructure The push for data centre storage power is set to boost mining for energy transition metals such as silver for solar panels, copper for wiring, and lithium, cobalt, manganese, iron,…
January 2, 2025 Manganese X secures $1.4m investment from Sprott Manganese X said it will use the proceeds to advance the Battery Hill project in New Brunswick.
December 29, 2024 Supply-demand imbalance looms for critical battery raw materials by 2030: McKinsey By 2030, McKinsey estimates that worldwide demand for passenger cars in the BEV segment will grow sixfold from 2021 through 2030.
December 26, 2024 CHARTS: EV battery metals bill sets new low as lithium, nickel, cobalt price slump continues The raw materials bill for the average EV is now down to $510 compared to a peak of more than $1,900 at the beginning of last year.
December 12, 2024 Exxaro said to have discussed acquiring South African manganese mine The Tshipi Borwa mine produced 3.3 million tonnes of ore in 2022, making it the country’s second-biggest producer in that year.
December 2, 2024 Norway forced to pause Arctic seabed mining plans A small left-wing environmentalist party secured an agreement to delay the initiative in exchange for supporting the national budget.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
