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262 published stories in this archive.
Industry News
China is evaluating coal waste as a potential new source of critical minerals, with researchers identifying fly ash and coal gangue as promising feedstocks for recovering metals such as germanium, gallium, lithium…
Industry News
The US Court of International Trade has ordered the Commerce Department to reconsider its antidumping ruling against Kazakhstani ferrosilicon producers Kazchrome and YDD Corporation, returning key questions on sales methodology and pricing…
Companies & Organisations
Critical Metals has launched a strategic review to divest non-core assets and concentrate on Tanbreez — a $3 billion Greenland rare earth project with 75% of production under offtake and $120 million…
Industry News
The EU and China have agreed to three months of trade consultations covering rebalancing, rare earth export controls, intellectual property and WTO reform, after Chinese exports to the bloc outpaced imports by…
Industry News
China's energy chief visited Kazakhstan to launch a civil nuclear cooperation working group as Beijing simultaneously deepened mining, trade, uranium, agricultural and cultural ties across all five Central Asian states in a…
Industry News
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…
Companies & Organisations
Chinese-linked Dengbo Success Minerals is planning a 13-year underground copper-zinc operation at East Kazakhstan's Novo-Berezovskoye deposit, targeting 700,000 tonnes of annual ore output at peak from 2030 with grades of 1.67% copper…
Industry News
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…
Industry News
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…
Podcasts & Shorts
Central Asia’s critical minerals moment is real. The geology is there. The geopolitical will is growing. The legal frameworks are improving in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The Middle Corridor is becoming a genuine…