Country has invested more than US$120 billion in overseas mining and mineral processing projects since 2023, study says.

By Richard ELLIMAHThe world is speedily racing towards a zero-carbon future. \xa0Africa, with its abundant critical mineral endowment (lithium, cobalt, and copper), has been placed at the epicentre of ...

In the wake of the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s, Congress responded by creating the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an ...

Japan’s experience since the 2010 rare earth shock shows both the possibilities and limits of securing critical mineral supply chains in an era of intensifying resource geopolitics.

Indonesia and US firms sign a deal to extract lithium from geothermal brine, supporting EV supply chains and clean energy ...

To establish some measure of control of minerals supply, market-oriented governments are starting to directly invest in ...

Glencore has moved upstream in lithium with a deal to help fund the restart of a mothballed mine in the Northern Territory and has claimed credit for bringing other heavyweight investors along for the ...

The United States is continuing efforts to secure supplies of critical minerals deemed vital to national security, including rhenium from Chile.

Core Lithium approves Finniss restart with $170m funding and Glencore backing, signalling renewed momentum in the lithium sector.

Sydney, Australia Highlights Widest caesium drill intercept recorded to date at the newly discovered Helios Zone: 4.9 m at 3.65%Cs2O including 1.7 m at 6.14%Cs2O (CV25-979). 0.5 m at 6.28%Cs2O ...

KoBold Metals, the ​mining firm backed by U.S. billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has ‌started development of its Mingomba copper project in Zambia, targeting production in the early 2030s, its ...