Arafura Rare Earths, developer of the Nolans rare earths project in Australia’s Northern Territory, has secured about A$80 million (US$54.4 million) via a two-tranche institutional placement at A$0.19 (US$0.13) a share, issuing roughly 421.1 million new shares, and will open a A$5 million (US$3.4 million) share purchase plan (SPP) on 27 August 2025. If the...
READ MOREAustralia, resources exporter, and MP Materials, U.S. rare-earth producer, have moved to formalise price support in critical minerals, with Canberra studying price floors for rare earths and other inputs after Washington guaranteed a $110 per-kg floor for key oxides in a July deal with MP Materials. Shares in Australian names rose Tuesday, including Lynas Rare...
READ MOREImerys, the specialty minerals group, is moving ahead with the Beauvoir (Emili) lithium project in central France—but the start of commercial production is now pencilled in for 2030 after a longer-than-expected public debate and permitting process, plus a tougher price backdrop. A completed pre-feasibility study (PFS) outlines indicated and inferred resources of 373 Mt at...
READ MOREUral Mining and Metallurgical Company, Russian copper and zinc producer, and Andrey Kozitsyn, its long-time former chief, have reunited at the top: registry filings show Kozitsyn resumed the CEO role on July 3, 2025, three years after stepping down ahead of his EU designation in 2022. The leadership change follows a 2024 EU General Court...
READ MOREVulcan Energy, which is developing a geothermal-lithium project in Germany’s Upper Rhine Valley, has won €103.6 million ($121.8 million) in federal and state grants to build a commercial lithium-chloride extraction plant at Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate and a downstream lithium hydroxide conversion facility at Frankfurt-Höchst in Hesse. Together the two sites carry a €690 million ($811.2...
READ MOREPolyus, Russia’s biggest gold miner, and Nornickel, the world’s leading palladium supplier, have quietly stepped up deliveries of gold- and silver-rich ores to China, pushing first-half exports of precious-metal materials to about $1 billion—an 80 per cent jump from a year ago, Chinese customs data collated by Bloomberg show. The shift underscores how Western sanctions...
READ MOREZangge Mining—the Qinghai brine producer now under Zijin Mining’s wing—has been ordered to pull the plug on lithium extraction at the Chaerhan salt lake. The stoppage knocks as much as 5,600 tonnes of lithium-carbonate equivalent (LCE) out of second-half supply and has already jolted the Guangzhou futures market: the most-traded contract hit CNY 69,980 a...
READ MOREGlencore, the Swiss commodities miner-trader, and Kazzinc, its 70 %-owned Kazakh zinc and precious-metals producer, have agreed to accelerate upgrades at smelters and mines in East Kazakhstan, Akmola and the newly created Ulytau region after talks in Baar with Kazakh Ambassador Kairat Sarzhanov and chief executive Gary Nagle. The initiative follows a 53,600-tonne jump in...
READ MOREZimbabwe’s Minerals Marketing Corporation, the state minerals marketer, and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt, the Chinese battery-materials group that leads hard-rock lithium mining in the country, have reported a 30 per cent year-on-year rise in exports of spodumene concentrate to 586,197 t in the first half of 2025, even as global lithium prices languish near three-year lows....
READ MOREIvanhoe Electric’s Santa Cruz project in south-central Arizona is hurtling toward construction early next year. A recently filed feasibility study outlines a 23-year underground operation capable of turning out 72,000 tonnes of copper cathode a year during its first 15 years—enough to make it the most productive U.S. mine since 2007. The sprint to production...
READ MOREBHP—the world’s biggest listed miner and a heavyweight in iron ore, copper and metallurgical coal—has struck memoranda of understanding with Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), China’s battery behemoth, and FinDreams Battery, the cell-making arm of EV giant BYD. Together they will develop battery-electric haul trucks, locomotives and on-site charging kits for BHP operations worldwide. The goal:...
READ MOREChina has made a huge lithium ore deposit discovery with 490 million tons of lithium and companion minerals in Hunan Province, another advance in the nation’s drive to lock in domestic battery metal supplies. The find in the Jijiaoshan mine area of Linwu County is one of China’s largest mineral discoveries in recent years and...
READ MOREHindustan Copper, India’s only integrated copper mining company, has launched an expansion program to increase its ore production capacity from 3.75 million tonnes per annum to 12.2 MTPA by fiscal year 2030. The state-owned enterprise plans to invest Rs 2,000 crore ($238 million) over the next five years through internal funding to scale operations across...
READ MOREA two-member expert committee has submitted recommendations to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for reopening Vedanta’s shuttered Sterlite Copper smelter in Thoothukudi through a “green restart” approach, seven years after the facility’s closure following deadly protests that killed 13 civilians. The proposal comes amid global copper supply constraints and mounting pressure on Western smelting...
READ MOREGlencore, the Anglo-Swiss mining giant led by CEO Gary Nagle, has accelerated its decision timeline for the Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville refinery to September 2025, warning that multiple Australian processing facilities face imminent closure due to Chinese overcapacity driving treatment charges to record negative levels. The company estimates monthly losses of $30 million...
READ MOREThe Battery Metals Association of Canada, a trade organization representing battery-metals explorers and producers, has released comprehensive reports identifying Western Canada as an optimal location for mid-stream critical-minerals processing facilities that could capture greater economic value from the country’s abundant mineral resources. The analysis, conducted by Transition Accelerator consultants, targets nine critical minerals—including copper, lithium,...
READ MOREUganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, led by Minister Ruth Nankabirwa, has launched comprehensive reforms to the country’s mineral licensing system aimed at addressing bureaucratic bottlenecks and transparency issues that have constrained investor confidence in the East African nation’s mining sector. The initiative, supported by a €6.2 million ($6.6 million) European Union and German...
READ MOREChinese mining companies have intensified investments across Africa’s copper-producing regions as Western nations implement restrictions on Chinese access to critical mineral assets, with the Democratic Republic of Congo emerging as the world’s second-largest copper producer through predominantly Chinese-backed operations. The strategic shift reflects China’s efforts to secure copper supplies essential for renewable energy infrastructure and...
READ MORENigeria has unveiled plans to construct what officials describe as Africa’s largest rare earth processing facility alongside four lithium processing plants, representing over $1.4 billion in announced investments as the West African nation attempts to transform its artisanal mining sector into industrial-scale operations. The initiative includes a $600 million lithium plant spanning Kaduna and Niger...
READ MOREShuka Minerals, a UK-based mining company with a secondary listing on the JSE, has completed regulatory approvals to acquire Leopard Exploration and Mining, which controls the historic Kabwe Zinc Mine in central Zambia. The transaction, valued at $4.35 million through a combination of 28.6 million shares and $1.35 million cash, represents a significant gamble on...
READ MOREShengde Precious Metal Resources, a Chinese-backed mining company operating in Tanzania, has completed construction of the country’s first copper refinery in Nala, Dodoma Region, with commercial production scheduled to begin in July 2025. The facility represents Tanzania’s entry into domestic copper processing as the government implements a mandate requiring all copper mined within the country...
READ MOREIndonesia has attracted over $80 billion ($102.5 billion) in nickel smelting investments during the past decade and now seeks to replicate this success in copper processing, where the country operates only four copper smelters compared to more than 50 nickel facilities. The Southeast Asian nation’s copper industry has secured over $9 billion in recent investments,...
READ MOREFastmarkets, a London-based commodity intelligence firm specializing in metals and mining market analysis, forecasts that China will surpass Australia as the world’s largest lithium producer by 2026, marking a fundamental shift in global battery metal supply chains. Chinese mining operations are projected to extract 8,000-10,000 metric tonnes more lithium than Australian competitors next year, representing...
READ MOREEurasian Resources Group, a Kazakhstan-based mining conglomerate with operations across Africa and Central Asia, plans to invest $20 million in gallium production facilities that would position Kazakhstan as the world’s second-largest producer of the critical semiconductor metal after China. The company will extract gallium from bauxite ore waste streams at its existing alumina operations, targeting...
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