US marshals EU, Japan and Mexico in critical minerals push
Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Critical Minerals Ministerial meeting. Screenshot from White House’s YouTube livestream. The United States…
Category: Critical Minerals
Ivanhoe in talks to send Congo zinc to US stockpile
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) is in advanced talks with Congo’s state miner Gecamines and Swiss commodities trader Mercuria to route zinc-rich concentrate…
China’s metals association calls for expanded copper stockpile
China may look to stockpile more copper as part of its strategic minerals inventory after its state-backed metals industry group…
Torngat eyes Strange Lake feasibility study as timing slips for Quebec rare earths project
Privately held developer Torngat Metals has pushed back its target for starting rare earths production at the C$2-billion ($1.46-billion) Strange Lake project in northern Quebec by about a year due to permitting…
Glencore to sell 40% stake in Congo mines to US-backed consortium
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has entered a non-binding agreement to sell a 40% stake in its mine assets in the Democratic…
‘Morale is sky high,’ Friedland tells Trump
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) founder and co-executive chairman Robert Friedland relayed the mining industry’s support for how US President Donald…
Eldorado to buy Foran Mining for $2.8B amid copper push
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD) (NYSE: EGO) has agreed to buy fellow Canadian miner Foran Mining (TSX:FOM) (OTCQX:FMCXF) in a transaction that values the…
Trump plans $12B minerals vault to cut China reliance
US President Donald Trump is preparing to launch a strategic stockpile of critical minerals backed by $12 billion, aiming to…
Australian lithium miners plot expansions after price surge
Australian hard rock lithium producers are gearing up to boost supply as spodumene prices have more than tripled since early…
Vizsla Silver says 10 employees abducted in Sinaloa, Mexico
Ten workers were abducted last week from a mining project in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, underscoring the ongoing security…