Volta doubles Springer rare earths, eyes 2027 study
Ontario project ranks fifth in North America by resource tonnage, with its first gallium estimate adding potential value.
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US Project Vault readies $1B loan blitz for industry
Federal-backed financing aims to help US manufacturers secure essential metals and materials amid supply risks.
JPMorgan names critical minerals chief for $1.5T push
JPMorganChase (NYSE: JPM) has appointed Andrew Frame to lead critical minerals investment efforts under its $1.5-trillion (C$2.1 trillion) Security and Resiliency Initiative (SRI), placing him at the centre of a…
Podcast: Yttrium, Terbium, Erbium, Ytterbium — A brief history of rare earths, ft RMG’s Magnus Ericsson
This week’s episode features Magnus Ericsson, adjunct professor at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden and co-founder of Mineral Economics and the Raw Materials Report, in conversation with host Adrian…
Greenland advances Tanbreez rare earths project
Critical Metals (Nasdaq: CRML) has won Greenland government approval for the mining and closure plans at its Tanbreez rare earths project, clearing a major hurdle towards construction. Tanbreez, in southern…
Brazil mine licence system faces court test
Brazil is trying to speed up mine approvals just as its Supreme Court weighs challenges that could undo parts of the country’s new environmental licensing system. The overhaul sets national…
Volta drills 68g gallium, heavy rare earths at Springer in Ontario
Drilling at Volta Metals’ (CSE: VLTA) Springer project in northern Ontario cut through the centre of the deposit, returning heavy rare earth mineralization and strong gallium grades in all samples,…
Lynas shares sink on A$968M Meteoric deal
Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC; US-OTC: LYSDY, LYSCF) has agreed to buy Meteoric Resources (ASX: MEI; US-OTC: METOF) in an all-share deal valued at A$968 million (C$954.3 million), gaining control…
Grid Metals’ atomic-clock cesium resource in Manitoba ranks second globally
Grid Metals (TSX: GRDM; US-OTC: MSMGF) has outlined an initial resource that positions the company’s Falcon West property in Manitoba as the world’s second-largest cesium resource actively being developed by Western-based…
Space miners may face an Earth-sized tax problem
Miners may one day extract fortunes from the Moon and asteroids, but governments will have to figure out how to take their cut without killing the industry before it gets…
Hancock disputes report of rare-earths paper loss
Australia’s Hancock Prospecting is disputing a report by the Australian Financial Review that falling shares of MP Materials (NYSE: MP) and Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC) have cut the value…
Mining Forum: AI begins paying off, McKinsey says
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Fifteen of 19 major mining companies tracked by McKinsey reported financial gains from artificial intelligence in the third quarter through Sept. 11, up from four in…