Which critical mineral will China ban next?
Virtually every stock tied to the rare earth group of elements (REE’s) are trading around multi-year lows. Investor outlook continues to wane despite the commodities key role in neodymium magnet…
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Beaver Creek: Critical minerals shine at precious metals summit
The mining sector, a longstanding pillar of the global economy and even more important now with rising attention to critical metals and secure supply in Western nations, is facing emerging…
Talga keeps permit for graphite mine in Sweden
Talga Group (ASX: TLG) has scored a key victory after a Swedish court rejected on Thursday appeals from lobby groups opposed to the development of the Nunasvaara natural graphite mine in the…
What happened to graphite’s ‘lithium moment’?
Graphite has failed to deliver on its lithium moment that some analysts (myself, included) believed would materialize in 2023. When I say, ‘lithium moment,’ I mean a repeat of the…
Tata Group to build $6-billion gigafactory in the UK
Tata’s first gigafactory outside of India will supply locally-made batteries to the company’s its Jaguar Land Rover factories.
Graphite One stock jumps on US$37.5M grant from US government
Graphite One (TSXV: GPH; US-OTC: GPHOF) has been awarded a Department of Defense Technology Investment Agreement grant of US$37.5 million under the Defense Production Act, funded through the Inflation Reduction…
Rio Tinto grabs stake in graphite-focused Sovereign Metals
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) agreed on Monday to buy a 15% stake in Australia’s Sovereign Metals (LSE: SVML; ASX: SVM) for A$40.4 million (US$27.6 million), becoming a…
Appian ready to deploy US$2B in cash-starved mining sector, says CEO
About a decade ago, private equity (PE) funds began to take an interest in the mining sector. At the time, financing was hard to come by, and the growth of…
Northern Graphite’s Quebec processor to feed battery plants eager to skirt China
Northern Graphite (TSXV: NGC; US-OTC: NGPHF) plans to build a half-billion-dollar plant in Quebec processing battery materials from its own mining projects and others. The Ottawa-based company intends to buy a…
NextSource begins graphite production in Madagascar
Shares in NextSource Materials (TSX: NEXT) rose on Thursday after the company announced first production of graphite concentrate at its Molo mine in Madagascar. The Canada-based producer, which has patented…
Top Ten Australian juniors exploring in Canada
The following companies are the Top Ten Australian-headquartered juniors with a market capitalization of less than $1 billion, and have one or more active exploration projects in Canada, ranked according…
JV Article: Graphite tonnage gains spur Lomiko Metals along prefeasibility pathway
Battery material explorer and developer Lomiko Metals (TSXV: LMR; US-OTC: LMRMF) has posted a major increase in resources at its La Loutre natural flake graphite property in southern Quebec. The…