Specialty Minerals Top Stories

Royal Cornwall Museum unveils new mineral gallery with 12,000 samples

Home to over one million artefacts, RCM is the caretaker of 3,500 years of mining history.

Staff Writer | July 11, 2024 | 4:30 pm

Trinity Metals gets $3.8 million US funding for ESG projects at Rwanda operations

Trinity was formed from the merger of Africa’s largest tungsten…

Staff Writer | July 4, 2024 | 4:38 pm

Norge Mining awarded vanadium, titanium and iron ore extraction rights in Norway

The company's application for extraction rights represents one of the…

Staff Writer | June 26, 2024 | 12:45 pm

US backs Angola plan to process critical minerals, export power

The southern African nation, one of the top crude producers…

Bloomberg News | June 19, 2024 | 4:22 pm

FAA probes suspect titanium supply used in Airbus, Boeing jets

According to a New York Times report, the issue originated…

Bloomberg News | June 14, 2024 | 9:52 am

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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

New form of silicon could revolutionize quantum computing

The new form of silicon is called Q-silicon and, among other properties, it is ferromagnetic at room temperature.

Staff Writer | July 17, 2023 | 6:06 am

China’s limits on chip metals self-defeating, Sullivan says

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that countries will find ways to reduce dependencies if China controls the exports of gallium and germanium.

Bloomberg News | July 16, 2023 | 10:37 am

World’s biggest gallium buyer says clients stockpiling

Chinese gallium companies have driven most rivals elsewhere out of the market by undercutting them on price over the last decade.

Reuters | July 11, 2023 | 9:22 am

Column: China flexes critical metals muscles with export curbs

Export controls will be short-term disruptive to both gallium and germanium markets but Western countries should be able to adapt over time.

Reuters | July 10, 2023 | 8:20 am

Gallium price jumps as buyers lock in supply before China export controls

Gallium rose to $326 a kilogram on Friday, up $43 from a week ago.

Bloomberg News | July 7, 2023 | 3:18 pm

Yellen says US doesn’t want ‘winner take all’ fight with China

Yellen’s comments kick off two days of meetings in Beijing for the US Treasury chief.

Bloomberg News | July 7, 2023 | 7:34 am

EU pushing China to narrow the scope of metal export controls

The EU wants to make sure that export restrictions on the two metals are based on clear security implications and comply with WTO rules.

Bloomberg News | July 6, 2023 | 5:04 pm

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