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Vital expands Nechalacho rare earths project footprint with new claims
Vital expands Nechalacho rare earths project footprint with new claims
3rd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Vital Metals has expanded its Nechalacho rare earths project in the Northwest Territories, Canada, with the acquisition of three new mineral claims immediately north of the existing... 


Wolfsberg lithium project shifts into fast lane with EIA exemption
Wolfsberg lithium project shifts into fast lane with EIA exemption
2nd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Wolfsberg lithium project in Austria has taken a big step forward as ECM Lithium (ECM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Critical Metals, received confirmation from the Carinthian... 


Duane Parnham
Madison acquires large Canadian antimony deposit
2nd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian critical minerals company Madison Metals announced on Monday that it had secured agreements with three entities to acquire a significant antimony/gold project located in the Howells Lake... 


Platinum metals support every step of the green hydrogen fuel cell economy.
Platinum demand outlook lifted higher by series of new global hydrogen fuel cell buildouts
2nd December 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The outlook for platinum group metals (PGM) demand has been uplifted by a series of new developments in the field of platinum-catalysed green hydrogen generation as well as concomitant fuel cell... 


Shares in Green Minerals fall 40% after Norway stops deep-sea mining
2nd December 2024 By: Reuters

Shares in Norwegian sea bed mining start-up Green Minerals fell by 40% on Monday after the government scrapped a first licensing round for deep-sea mining in return for support for its annual... 


Madagascar lifts suspension on Energy Fuels’ Toliara project
Madagascar lifts suspension on Energy Fuels’ Toliara project
29th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

The Madagascar government has lifted the suspension on the Toliara critical minerals project. The suspension, imposed in November 2019, was lifted following US-based group Energy Fuels’ acquisition... 


CleanTech Lithium taps Tony Esplin as CEO ahead of 2025 ASX listing
CleanTech Lithium taps Tony Esplin as CEO ahead of 2025 ASX listing
29th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Explorer and developer CleanTech Lithium has announced the appointment of Australian national Tony Esplin as CEO designate. His appointment comes as the company sets its sights on an ASX listing in... 


Lithium Ionic secures $266m in potential Exim financing for Brazil project
Lithium Ionic secures $266m in potential Exim financing for Brazil project
28th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

TSX-V-listed Lithium Ionic has announced a major step forward in the development of its Bandeira lithium project, in Brazil, with a nonbinding letter of interest (LoI) from the Export-Import Bank... 


WA unveils A$150m lithium support package
WA unveils A$150m lithium support package
27th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

The Western Australian government has launched a A$150-million support package aimed at safeguarding local jobs and ensuring the state maintains its position as a global leader in battery metals,... 


Lynas chairperson John Humphrey
Lynas predicts continued rare earth price volatility amid China economic uncertainty
27th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian rare earths producer Lynas Rare Earths has warned that price volatility in the rare earths market is likely to persist until the Chinese economy strengthens. At the company’s annual... 


Leo Lithium completes exit from Mali JV, shareholders in line for dividend
Leo Lithium completes exit from Mali JV, shareholders in line for dividend
27th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia’s Leo Lithium has completed its exit from the Mali joint venture (JV) with Chinese group Ganfeng, with the company having crossed the final hurdles in its sale of the remaining 40% stake... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Long-term demand outlook for platinum is robust, ongoing question mark over supply
26th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The long-term outlook for platinum from a demand perspective is pretty robust. The question, once again, is whether supply will be adequate to meet it. “In terms of automotive demand, we can't... 


Australia introduces tax incentive to propel critical minerals industry
Australia introduces tax incentive to propel critical minerals industry
25th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

The Australian government on Monday introduced legislation to Parliament for the Critical Minerals Production Tax Incentive (CMPTI), a move that industry stakeholders have hailed as a significant... 


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Challenges in critical minerals supply threaten global energy transitions
22nd November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

An unprecedented surge in demand for critical minerals on the back of global transitions to clean energy is posing significant challenges in meeting these goals, as the critical minerals sector... 


Demesne responds to China’s tungsten export controls with plans to reopen Idaho mine
22nd November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

CSE-listed junior explorer Demesne Resources has announced that it will update the historical resources at its IMA tungsten/molybdenum property in Idaho, US. The move comes as China, which controls... 


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Mali miner progresses plant build
22nd November 2024

Civil construction of a Stage 1 dense media separation (DMS) plant has been progressed to 90% completion at critical metals miner Kodal Minerals’ flagship fully-funded Bougouni lithium project, in... 


Chalice chair highlights Gonneville as unique Western palladium asset
Chalice chair highlights Gonneville as unique Western palladium asset
21st November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

The Gonneville palladium project in Western Australia is strategically positioned to benefit when commodity markets rebound, with its scale, long-life potential, and second-quartile cost estimates... 


Lake Resources chair optimistic despite short-term challenges in lithium market
Lake Resources chair optimistic despite short-term challenges in lithium market
21st November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-based Lake Resources chairperson Stu Crow has expressed confidence in the company’s future despite recent downturns in the lithium market, including falling prices, reduced investment,... 


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Exploration, partnerships the cornerstones of increasing critical minerals investment
21st November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As the world demands more “new” minerals such as copper, lithium and rare earths for use in smart technologies for decarbonisation and clean energy production, African countries have some key... 


Exxon signs deal to supply lithium to battery maker LG Chem
20th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

Exxon Mobil has signed a preliminary agreement to provide battery metal lithium to an LG Chem Ltd. plant in the US, strengthening the oil major’s role in the domestic critical minerals supply... 


Electra secures 10-year exploration permit for Idaho copper/cobalt properties
20th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Nasdaq- and TSX-V-listed Electra Battery Materials has secured a ten-year exploration permit for its Idaho copper and cobalt properties, including its Iron Creek project, in the Idaho Cobalt Belt,... 


Australia's Global Lithium delays AGM on foreign interference concerns
20th November 2024 By: Reuters

Global Lithium will push back its annual shareholder meeting to February to allow time for the Australian government to review a potential breach by a shareholder of foreign acquisition laws.... 


The NAL plant in Canada
Sayona and Piedmont merge to create North America’s biggest hard rock lithium producer
19th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia’s Sayona Mining on Tuesday announced an all-stock merger with US-based Piedmont Lithium, forming the largest hard rock lithium producer in North America. The merger is designed to create... 


Heraeus Business Line Hydrogen Systems head Dr Philipp Walter
Far-reaching platinum hydrogen package launched at European Hydrogen Week
18th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

A new brand that offers a comprehensive portfolio of hydrogen application support off a single platinum group metals (PGMs) company base has been launched at the European Hydrogen Week 2024 by... 


Hastings' Yangibana project
Wyloo wants Hastings to explain debt repayments
15th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals has requested that the board of rare earths developer Hastings Technology Metals explain how it intends to repay its debt to the company and to clarify its position... 


Copper price could fall to $8 500 as Trump win boosts dollar, threatens demand
Copper price could fall to $8 500 as Trump win boosts dollar, threatens demand
15th November 2024 By: Reuters

Copper prices could fall towards $8 500 a metric ton within the next four months on expectations that demand will be hurt by potential trade disruptions when Donald Trump returns to the White House... 


Donald Trump
Trump's transition team aims to kill Biden EV tax credit
15th November 2024 By: Reuters

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning to kill the $7 500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct... 


Australian PM Anthony Albanese
Australia eyes US climate policy shift for green energy boost
15th November 2024 By: Reuters

Any move by the Trump administration to change US climate policy could benefit Australia's ambitions to attract greater investment to its critical minerals and green energy industry, Prime Minister... 


Roger Baxter and Johan Odendaal.
South Africa back on investor radar screen, Roger Baxter reports
14th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

People are sitting up and taking notice of South Africa being very much back on the investment radar screen, Southern Palladium executive chairperson Roger Baxter said on Thursday. This follows the... 


Lithium in nascent recovery, but longer-term outlook still bleak
Lithium in nascent recovery, but longer-term outlook still bleak
14th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

Lithium is enjoying a mini-revival on an uptick in Chinese electric vehicle demand and supply cuts, although analysts caution there’s still likely to be a surplus of the battery metal in 2025.... 


BHP's Spence mine
BHP set to detail copper growth plans on Chile roadshow, analysts say
14th November 2024 By: Reuters

BHP Group is likely to flesh out plans next week to spend at least $7-billion over the coming years to recover more metal from the world's biggest copper mine, Escondida in Chile, investors and... 


Lake Resources if focusing on the Kachi project
Lake Resources sells noncore assets to focus on Kachi
13th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Lake Resources on Wednesday announced a sale agreement with Austroid to sell three of its lithium brine assets in Argentina for $9-million. The assets, including tenements at Paso de... 


Mintek CEO Dr Molefi Motuku
South Africa has impressively low battery manganese incentive price, Mintek@90 hears
11th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s current process of dissolving the world’s purest manganese metal to make battery grade manganese has got the lowest incentive price of any of the new, non-Chinese high-purity... 


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