Specialty Minerals Top Stories

First Phosphate gets mining research and innovation grant from Québec

The company’s objective is to see the development of a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery valley in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region of Quebec.

Staff Writer | March 6, 2024 | 3:56 pm

Perpetua Resources receives increased DOD funding for Stibnite project in Idaho

Total funding under the Defense Production Act is now $59.4…

Staff Writer | February 12, 2024 | 4:17 pm

Hydrogen ‘jacuzzi’ discovered at underground chromite mine in Albania

This discovery lays the foundations for new models of natural…

Staff Writer | February 12, 2024 | 6:06 am

Green shoots for copper, nickel, zinc, aluminium prices

Macquarie says January's full set of PMIs looks like a…

Frik Els | February 8, 2024 | 4:20 pm

AME Roundup: BC’s first critical minerals strategy has some asking: ‘Is it enough?’

The strategy aims to tackle obstacles impeding project development and…

Henry Lazenby | January 23, 2024 | 11:40 am

Critical minerals take central stage in US-China rivalry

Critical minerals have become the new frontline of the rivalry between the world’s two superpowers.

Rick Mills- Ahead of the Herd | April 14, 2023 | 12:19 pm

Export restrictions may threaten the green transition, OECD says

The restrictions have increased more than five-fold in the last decade to a point where 10% of the global value of exports is subject to at least one measure, the OECD says.

Bloomberg News | April 11, 2023 | 10:20 am

NioCorp anticipates higher grades with new process technology

NioCorp and L3 have made a breakthrough in niobium and titanium recovery that may result in higher-purity products.

Staff Writer | April 4, 2023 | 10:12 am

Rio Tinto fires up BlueSmelting demo plant in Quebec

The demonstration plant will process 40,000 tonnes of ilmenite per year, making it the largest of its kind in the world.

Staff Writer | April 3, 2023 | 9:41 am

Chile’s top steel producer bets on green hydrogen

CAP’s steelmaking division aims to substitute coal used in its blast furnaces with less polluting fuels, including hydrogen.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 23, 2023 | 7:03 am

Perovskites may soon beat silicon’s efficiency in solar cells

Researchers are proposing a novel, physics-based approach to synthesizing perovskites.

Staff Writer | February 21, 2023 | 5:52 am

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First Phosphate gets mining research and innovation grant from Québec

Perpetua Resources receives increased DOD funding for Stibnite project in Idaho

Hydrogen ‘jacuzzi’ discovered at underground chromite mine in Albania

Green shoots for copper, nickel, zinc, aluminium prices

AME Roundup: BC’s first critical minerals strategy has some asking: ‘Is it enough?’

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Critical minerals take central stage in US-China rivalry

Export restrictions may threaten the green transition, OECD says

NioCorp anticipates higher grades with new process technology

Rio Tinto fires up BlueSmelting demo plant in Quebec

Chile’s top steel producer bets on green hydrogen

Don’t let China control clean energy supply chain, US officials warn

NioCorp stock rallies on $800 million funding interest for Elk Creek critical minerals project

Ontario government introduces Building More Mines Act

Perovskites may soon beat silicon’s efficiency in solar cells