Specialty Minerals Top Stories

Rio Tinto donates $875,000 to Missouri University to research critical minerals recovery from waste

Project will test new chemical dissolution strategies and purification techniques to produce pure gallium and germanium compounds from waste materials.

Staff Writer | April 23, 2024 | 2:00 pm

Airbus wins reprieve from Canadian sanctions on Russian titanium

Canada has granted Airbus a waiver to allow it to…

Reuters | April 23, 2024 | 12:43 pm

Mayur Resources fully funded for Central Lime project in Papua New Guinea

CLP is within Mayur’s unique Single Factory Special Economic Zone,…

Staff Writer | April 22, 2024 | 4:37 pm

Perpetua tapped for $1.8 billion loan to develop gold-antimony mine in Idaho

If approved, the loan would be one of Washington's largest…

Staff Writer | April 8, 2024 | 6:28 am

Gallium price has more than doubled since China export curbs

Prices for gallium are close to their highest since 2011.

Bloomberg News | April 3, 2024 | 8:28 am

Almonty advances Sangdong tungsten mine in South Korea

Engineering and civil works are advancing and detailed plans for the crusher and stockpile were completed.

Staff Writer | August 2, 2023 | 10:40 am

Pentagon seeks supply of chip mineral gallium after China curbs exports

The Pentagon plans to issue a first-time contract to US or Canadian companies by year-end to recover gallium.

Bloomberg News | July 26, 2023 | 10:37 am

The little known metals giant that rules a global market

When China’s Vital Materials bought up a $600 million stockpile of critical minerals in early 2020, it barely raised an eyebrow outside the niche world of minor metals.

Bloomberg News | July 25, 2023 | 8:13 am

Some US companies not filing conflict-mineral reports, GAO says

The SEC obliges companies to file reports on whether their products may include gold, tin, tantalum or tungsten from the DRC its nine neighboring countries.

Bloomberg News | July 19, 2023 | 2:37 pm