GARFIELD COUNTY, UT – 41 new mining claims (see map) have recently been located in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument – 13 in the shrunken Monument, six that may be in the shrunken Monument, and 22 in lands that were previously…

From a 1916 postal scheme to wartime mine restarts, Alaska’s tungsten story follows a century of shifting demand and opportunity. In the winter of 1916, as war raged across Europe and the demand for strategic metals sent prices soaring, two…

Ethiopia has launched its first gold refinery, a $50-million joint venture aimed at turning the East African nation into a regional processing hub for precious metals, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said over the weekend. Gold exports are one of Ethiopia’s…

The West needs an unprecedented mobilization of government, academia and industry to help narrow China’s lead in the critical minerals sector, according to Robert Friedland, chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. and Sunrise Energy Metals Ltd. The US remains decades behind…

Queensland communities could find it harder to challenge new mining projects under proposed laws that would restrict who can object to a mine and give politicians greater control over whether objections are heard in court. Resources Minister Dale Last introduced…

USAKA – Zambia is negotiating a critical minerals deal with the US government after “decoupling” it from a separate health funding agreement it signed on Thursday, its foreign minister said. “There was this (Memorandum of Understanding) on health and another…

High-purity iron producer Hertha Metals has broken ground on its Chalyx plant, which is the US’s first commercial plant for magnet-grade high-purity iron. The Texas-based plant will use a single-step process to produce 10 000 t/y of high-purity iron for…

AASX-listed Arafura Rare Earths has secured a binding five-year offtake agreement with a leading global raw materials trading company to supply 850 t/y of neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr) oxide. This compares to a supply agreement of 500 t/y having been…