May 1, 2024 Cornish Metals’ UK tin project worth over $200 million The economic assessment of Cornish' flagship South Crofty project outlines a promising financial profile, backing the asset's potential.
April 23, 2024 Rio Tinto donates $875,000 to Missouri University to research critical minerals recovery from waste Project will test new chemical dissolution strategies and purification techniques to produce pure gallium and germanium compounds from waste materials.
April 23, 2024 Airbus wins reprieve from Canadian sanctions on Russian titanium Canada has granted Airbus a waiver to allow it to use Russian titanium in its manufacturing after becoming the first Western government to ban supplies of the strategic metal.
April 22, 2024 Mayur Resources fully funded for Central Lime project in Papua New Guinea CLP is within Mayur’s unique Single Factory Special Economic Zone, close to both domestic and overseas markets in Australia and Asia.
April 8, 2024 Perpetua tapped for $1.8 billion loan to develop gold-antimony mine in Idaho If approved, the loan would be one of Washington's largest investments ever in a domestic mine.
April 3, 2024 Gallium price has more than doubled since China export curbs Prices for gallium are close to their highest since 2011.
March 21, 2024 US Critical Materials makes gallium discovery at Sheep Creek in Montana The US is 100% dependent on imported gallium, which is critical for national defense, primarily from China, which curbed exports last year.
March 19, 2024 China cuts first 2024 tungsten mining quota 1.6% from year ago Last year, Beijing issued a total of 111,000 tons of mining quotas for tungsten concentrate, a year-on-year rise of 1.8%.
March 15, 2024 Congo rebels block trade routes, threatening supply of key metal The world’s supply of tantalum, an essential component in most computers and mobile phones, is under threat.
March 6, 2024 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.
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