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The company behind a $2 billion mining project for table salt and the mineral potash…
Ghana’s Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, during a visit to the…
When two Oglala Lakota scouts heard drilling was expected to begin on Pe’ Sla, the…
Australia’s Yindjibarndi Indigenous group said on Wednesday it had lodged an appeal with the federal…
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The Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation will split $73 million in funding among four projects to test innovative new mining technologies in the U.S., the agency announced last week (Mining Technology). What’s going on: “Part of…
Brazil is courting the foreign capital needed to develop its vast critical mineral resources while pushing to keep more processing and industrial value at home — and moving to give the government new powers to scrutinize who controls strategic mineral…
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) released on Friday an expression of interest (EOI) seeking input from American industry on the potential transfer of surplus critical minerals, rare earth elements and other materials located at five EM cleanup sites…
Thirty-seven people arrested in a Nigeria government crackdown on suspected illegal mining died while in custody, sparking protests and scrutiny of the country’s mining enforcement drive. Niger state on Friday suspended all mining until further notice and imposed a round-the-clock…
Canada spent the first half of September answering Washington’s trade escalation dollar for dollar after the United States imposed 50% tariffs on a broad range of Canadian goods that extend well beyond the stated grievances of autos, dairy and alcohol. …
State-owned China Rare Earth Group is reportedly in talks to acquire Shenghe Resources (SHA: 600392), a deal that could give Beijing indirect ownership of a stake in US rare earths producer MP Materials (NYSE: MP) alongside the US Department of…
The road to opening a copper-nickel mine in Minnesota is long and uncertain, but it’s a path Twin Metals is exploring every day. Their exploratory drilling brings them further below the surface than 16 stacked Statues of Liberty, all to refine a…
Pilot test produces 97% antimony ingot from Treasure Creek stibnite. Felix Gold Ltd. Aug. 27 reported that pilot-scale testing has demonstrated that hand-sorted, coarse-crushed stibnite extracted from the company’s Treasure Creek project in Alaska can be converted into antimony metal…