June 14, 2025 China achieves breakthrough in rubidium extraction Chinese researchers have reportedly produced rubidium chloride at 99.9% purity from potassium chloride material.
June 11, 2025 Perpetua Resources secures $400M equity financing for Stibnite project in Idaho The Stibnite project holds an estimated 148-million-pound antimony reserve — the only identified in the US.
June 3, 2025 MTM Critical Metals reports high-grade antimony recovery from US e-waste This “urban ore” contained 3.13% antimony, a grade more than three times higher than some of the world’s largest primary deposits, the company said.
June 3, 2025 Mount Etna erupts, unleashing lava – and possibly hidden minerals The eruption is the most significant Mount Etna has had since 2014.
May 28, 2025 Perpetua awarded $6.9M additional funding from US Army for antimony pilot plant The funding will be used for testing intended to demonstrate the feasibility of using material sourced from the Stibnite project to produce military-specification antimony trisulfide.
May 27, 2025 Greenland urges US, Europe to invest in its critical minerals, or China will "We want to develop our business sector and diversify it, and that requires investments from outside," Greenland's mineral resources minister told the Financial Times.
May 27, 2025 Geopolitics to shape mining’s future: TNMG president TNM Group's Anthony Vaccaro highlighted the increasing role of geopolitics in shaping the mining industry.
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 Perpetua seeks $2 billion loan for Stibnite project in Idaho Earlier this week, the miner announced it had obtained final approval for the gold-antimony project.
May 22, 2025 Neo Performance Materials exits separation facilities in China The exit concludes a strategic review it launched last year.
Midnight Sun rises on Zambia-DRC copper district where superpowers converge Company just released an initial resource in the heart of the Zambian-Congo Copperbelt. February 08, 2026 | 06:36 am
