February 8, 2024 Green shoots for copper, nickel, zinc, aluminium prices Macquarie says January's full set of PMIs looks like a potential turning point for the global industrial cycle.
January 12, 2024 In conversation with Scott Winter: Opportunities and challenges facing the mining industry in 2024 This year will see continued opportunity and ongoing pressures in the global mining sector as the world transitions to new energy sources, with risk management among its perpetual challenges.
January 5, 2024 Blade runners: how LFP batteries brought EV metal markets back to earth In a few short years, LFP batteries crushed nickel and cobalt mining markets and new technology could do the same to lithium.
December 27, 2023 The biggest global mining news of 2023 A tumultuous year for the global mining industry: collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, gold’s new record and state intervention in mining on a scale not seen in decades.
November 29, 2023 India launches first part of critical minerals auction worth $5.4 billion India will also announce the acquisition of lithium blocks in Australia and Argentina in a month or two.
November 14, 2023 Australian miner signs deal with science agency to recover vanadium The agreement gives Tivan Ltd. an exclusive 20-year worldwide licence, except in India, for use of the CSIRO’s intellectual property.
October 24, 2023 Australia boosts critical minerals fund by over $1 billion to attract international investors The $1.3 billion boost will increase the capacity of Australia’s Critical Minerals Facility to finance mining and processing projects for materials.
August 15, 2023 TechMet raises $200m to counter China’s critical minerals control Fresh equity will be deployed across TechMet’s ten assets, which aim at reducing the west’s dependence on China for critical minerals.
August 6, 2023 Gemstones ‘spill the beans’ on ancient trade routes Modern techniques applied to gemstones help uncover ancient trade routes.
July 15, 2023 Largo worker killed in chemical plant accident in Brazil Largo said that an employee died due to an accident at the chemical plant in the Maracás Menchen vanadium mine.
Reimagining magnet materials: How AML is challenging the rare earth status quo For decades, permanent magnets have been one of the least questioned links in the electrification supply chain. February 06, 2026 | 03:09 pm
