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EU Commissioner Sikela visited Viridis Mining's Brazilian rare earth plant to advance a supply partnership built around local processing and value creation, with a Solvay offtake deal potentially finalised by July as…
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The UK has announced £50 million in critical minerals funding split across a rare earth magnet hub, a project accelerator and a demand aggregation platform, building on over £200 million already committed…
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Saudi Arabia's vice minister of mining used the Gulf Vision 2026 Forum in Paris to court French and European partners for investment in its $2.5 trillion mineral resource base, as the Kingdom…
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Uzbekistan's mining minister met Turkey's ESAN Eczacıbaşı following the Tashkent Investment Forum to review existing projects and explore expanded investment as Tashkent uses regulatory reform and improved licensing to attract foreign mining…
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The AMM 2026 Congress hosted back-to-back Kazakhstan-EU and C5+1 critical minerals dialogues, with Prime Minister Bektenov citing $200 billion in cumulative European investment and US Assistant Secretary Fogel reaffirming Washington's strategic focus…
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Kazakhstan's gold industry is proposing to liberalise up to 50% of refined gold exports while raising alarm that not a single gram of artisanal-mined gold has been officially submitted to the state…
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Canada and Germany have agreed to pursue critical minerals stockpiling cooperation and concrete capital investments by the end of 2026, building on a Joint Declaration of Intent signed in August 2025 that…
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Uzbekistan is launching 12 critical metals investment projects worth $166 million in 2026 — including the country's first production of selenium, tellurium and rhenium — as part of a $4.2 billion programme…
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US Customs has ordered the detention of all Serbia Zijin Copper shipments at US ports following an investigation finding evidence of six forced labour indicators including wage withholding, movement restrictions and identity…
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Canada has granted Italy priority access to its critical mineral reserves at the G7 Évian summit, building on Eni's graphite investment in Quebec and Italy's entry into the Critical Minerals Production Alliance…