Focus on Minerals
Niger revokes French operating licence at major uranium mine
Niger has revoked the operating licence of French nuclear fuel producer Orano at one of the world’s biggest uranium mines, the company said...
Shareholders warn Nippon Steel faces higher decarbonisation costs with U.S. Steel takeover
Nippon Steel's proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel risks raising decarbonisation costs for Japan's top steelmaker, an activist shareholder group said, urging the company...
Along Peru’s mining corridor, Big Copper faces a snarl of trucks
Surging copper prices have brought startling growth in the number of trucks carrying copper from illegal mines in Peru, jamming roads
4 First Nations in Canada sign deal with Ontario to build roads near Ring of Fire
Canada's largest province is trying to create an end-to-end manufacturing chain for electric vehicle batteries and it sees northern Ontario's Ring of Fire...
US lawmakers seek to reduce China’s dominance of critical mineral supplies
The new working group will help propose policies to lower U.S. reliance on China for critical minerals used in a variety of products...
Over 50 companies express interest in developing Chile lithium projects
Chile has more than two dozen salt flats that have yet to be fully explored.
Taseko says tentative deal reached with striking workers at Gibraltar mine
VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines Ltd. said it had reached a tentative agreement with striking employees at its Gibraltar Mine in central British Columbia....
Chile lithium miner SQM reaches supply deal with Hyundai, Kia
Hyundai and Kia has done a deal with SQM for material necessary for EV batteries.
Record copper prices likely to pause U.S. scrap shipments to China
China's copper waste and scrap imports are climbing compared with last year.
Analysis: Brazil joins race to loosen China’s grip on rare earths industry
Western economies are looking to develop their own supply chains of critical minerals, such as these mined in Australia.
