Specialty Minerals Top Stories

Column: Europe struggles to break Russia’s titanium grip

The bloc's aerospace sector is still dependent on imports of Russian titanium produced by VSMPO-AVISMA.

Reuters | September 24, 2024 | 9:44 am

Summit Minerals grows Brazil niobium project with strategic buy

Newly acquired tenement sits directly east and north of its…

Staff Writer | September 24, 2024 | 5:52 am

Canada to invest $42 million in Yukon, Northern British Columbia mining infrastructure

The C$60 million in funding will be divided between two key…

Staff Writer | September 23, 2024 | 11:41 am

China’s antimony ore imports to face pressure in Q4, says Antaike

Imports rose 37.6% for January-July this year due to an…

Reuters | September 19, 2024 | 6:42 am

Guest column: America’s mineral blind spot – the trillion-dollar opportunity hiding in plain sight

While China tightens its grip on these critical minerals, the…

Gabriel Collins, Ian Lange & Morgan Bazilian | September 11, 2024 | 1:13 pm

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Blade runners: how LFP batteries brought EV metal markets back to earth

In a few short years, LFP batteries crushed nickel and cobalt mining markets and new technology could do the same to lithium.

Frik Els | January 5, 2024 | 9:48 am

The biggest global mining news of 2023

A tumultuous year for the global mining industry: collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, gold’s new record and state intervention in mining on a scale not seen in decades.

Frik Els | December 27, 2023 | 10:01 am

Australia expands list of critical minerals key to transition

Australia added fluorine, molybdenum, arsenic, selenium and tellurium to the list of minerals that it regards as essential to modern technologies.

Bloomberg News | December 16, 2023 | 11:27 am

Tantalum-based coating makes fusion reactors safer

A new tantalum-based workhorse material can withstand the harsh conditions inside a fusion reactor.

Staff Writer | December 15, 2023 | 6:06 am

Silicide spherules from space fetch astronomical prices at auction

Ever since the Zagami meteorite sold in 1996 at Phillips Auction as crumbs in a vial at $1,538 per gram, the universal appeal of otherworldly rocks was driving the prices of exotic samples sky-high and beyond.

Staff Writer | December 11, 2023 | 12:34 pm

Lab-grown dolomite is now a thing

The long-standing dolomite problem has been solved.

Staff Writer | December 4, 2023 | 6:06 am

China allows a trickle of critical minerals exports ahead of graphite curbs

China exported small amounts of two minerals crucial to high-tech manufacturing in October.

Bloomberg News | November 22, 2023 | 9:18 am

European companies exploring ways to boost rare metal supply

China imposed restrictions on exports of the metals used in high-tech electronics from August.

Reuters | November 15, 2023 | 7:31 am

Watch the mining insiders: The biggest bread crumbs lead to critical metals

The world’s most powerful investors are intimately aware of long term growth drivers.

James Cooper | November 13, 2023 | 6:26 am

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