Specialty Minerals Top Stories

Mexican president exhorts American company to settle after mine closure

Andrés Manuel López Obrador repeated his accusations against Vulcan Materials for allegedly causing an environmental disaster in Quintana Roo.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 7, 2023 | 1:38 pm

US chemicals company develops portfolio of catalysts to solve materials challenge in hydrogen

Mattiq leveraged AI technology in the "world’s most comprehensive study…

Amanda Stutt | October 6, 2023 | 11:49 am

China’s grip on germanium gets challenged by new Congo plant

China restricted exports of the metal in August amid an escalation…

Bloomberg News | October 6, 2023 | 9:28 am

With bulked up resource base, Wicheeda REE project ready to advance to prefeasiblity

The Vancouver-based miner aims to produce an average of 25,000…

Amanda Stutt | September 29, 2023 | 2:39 pm

China exported no germanium, gallium in Aug after export curbs

In July, China announced restrictions on the export of eight…

Reuters | September 20, 2023 | 8:37 am

Rio Tinto’s aging Quebec plant gets $374 million upgrade in critical metals push

Fer et Titane plant in Sorel-Tracy to get upgrades that include electrifying furnaces and replacing coal in a push to cut the facility’s carbon emissions in half by 2030.

Bloomberg News | October 11, 2022 | 1:01 pm

Niobium could be key to supercapacitators

New research from Umeå University proposes the idea of using niobium molecules as building blocks to design electrochemical energy storage materials.

Staff Writer | September 29, 2022 | 5:16 am

Perpetua Resources gets DOD funding to study antimony production from Stibnite gold project

Company to evaluate whether antimony from its project in Idaho can meet military specifications to help secure America’s defense and commercial ammunition supply chain.

Staff Writer | September 20, 2022 | 11:12 am

Super strong material produced with Martian rock, titanium alloy

The new robust and high-performance material is to be used in a 3D-printing process that could one day be employed on the red planet to make tools or rocket parts.

Staff Writer | September 7, 2022 | 6:06 am

Green economy may lead to sulfur shortages – study

A recent study states that global demand for sulfuric acid is set to rise significantly from 246 to 400 million metric tonnes by 2040.

Staff Writer | August 23, 2022 | 6:06 am

Most Greenlanders support extracting, exporting sand left by melting ice sheet

Climate change is leading to the deposition of substantial amounts of sand and gravel along the coasts of Greenland amid a rapidly growing global demand for these resources.

Staff Writer | August 22, 2022 | 5:05 am

Why prehistoric Brits fancied rare quartz

Six thousand-year-old rock crystals reveal poorly investigated burial rites.

Staff Writer | August 21, 2022 | 7:14 am

Scientists figure out how to produce extraterrestrial cement

Researchers at the University of Delaware are exploring ways to use materials from the moon or Mars as the basis for extraterrestrial cement, which would be used for buildings, housing, or rocket landing pads.

Staff Writer | August 12, 2022 | 6:05 am

Researchers solve issues hindering silicon use in lithium-ion batteries

Despite the energy capacity of silicon as an electrode material, it is normally disregarded because of a lack of mechanical stability.

Staff Writer | August 11, 2022 | 6:06 am

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