Specialty Minerals Top Stories

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.

Reuters | April 23, 2024 | 12:43 pm

Mayur Resources fully funded for Central Lime project in Papua New Guinea

CLP is within Mayur’s unique Single Factory Special Economic Zone,…

Staff Writer | April 22, 2024 | 4:37 pm

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…

Staff Writer | April 8, 2024 | 6:28 am

Gallium price has more than doubled since China export curbs

Prices for gallium are close to their highest since 2011.

Bloomberg News | April 3, 2024 | 8:28 am

US Critical Materials makes gallium discovery at Sheep Creek in Montana

The US is 100% dependent on imported gallium, which is…

Staff Writer | March 21, 2024 | 11:37 am

Tantalum-based coating makes fusion reactors safer

A new tantalum-based workhorse material can withstand the harsh conditions inside a fusion reactor.

Staff Writer | December 15, 2023 | 6:06 am

Silicide spherules from space fetch astronomical prices at auction

Ever since the Zagami meteorite sold in 1996 at Phillips Auction as crumbs in a vial at $1,538 per gram, the universal appeal of otherworldly rocks was driving the prices of exotic samples sky-high and beyond.

Staff Writer | December 11, 2023 | 12:34 pm

Lab-grown dolomite is now a thing

The long-standing dolomite problem has been solved.

Staff Writer | December 4, 2023 | 6:06 am

China allows a trickle of critical minerals exports ahead of graphite curbs

China exported small amounts of two minerals crucial to high-tech manufacturing in October.

Bloomberg News | November 22, 2023 | 9:18 am

European companies exploring ways to boost rare metal supply

China imposed restrictions on exports of the metals used in high-tech electronics from August.

Reuters | November 15, 2023 | 7:31 am

Watch the mining insiders: The biggest bread crumbs lead to critical metals

The world’s most powerful investors are intimately aware of long term growth drivers.

James Cooper | November 13, 2023 | 6:26 am

How Canada – and Bay Street – squandered the chance to finance the critical minerals revolution

Capital has disappeared from Canada’s once-thriving junior mining industry.

Tim Kiladze - The Globe and Mail | November 10, 2023 | 4:11 pm

Happy Creek permitted to expand exploration work at Fox tungsten project in BC

The goal of the proposed 2023 to 2027 drilling campaign is to at least triple the existing tungsten resource.

Staff Writer | November 10, 2023 | 9:10 am

What green energy transition? Half of mining still exploring for gold

New study shows a $1.1 billion drop in gold exploration budgets this year as juniors struggle to raise capital, but the precious metal still accounts for 46% of the total.

Frik Els | November 7, 2023 | 8:34 am

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