Lithium
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Rio Tinto doubles down in Argentina with new lithium plants
Rio Tinto inaugurated two new lithium plants in Argentina’s mountainous Catamarca province on Wednesday, marking a key step in its…
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Denmark says US resource exploration in Greenland must respect local laws
Denmark’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday if the US wished to explore Greenland’s resources, it would have to do so…
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Trump administration to back US minerals projects with $500 million in grants
The U.S. Department of Energy is awarding $500 million in grants to seven companies building domestic lithium, cobalt and other…
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Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Applauds Trump Administration’s $3 Billion Investment in Domestic Mining and Critical Minerals Workforce
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) today welcomed the Trump administration’s announcement of approximately $3 billion in new…
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Mining investor TechMet forms US subsidiary to attract more capital
Mining investor TechMet said on Monday it would form a U.S. subsidiary as part of a push to attract more…
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Trump administration to back three mineral projects with $58 million in financing
The U.S. Export-Import Bank is lending $58 million to three critical-mineral companies as part of President Donald Trump’s push to…
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Lockheed seeks U.S. mineral supplies after Trump supply-chain push, sources say
Lockheed Martin is in talks to buy supplies of two critical minerals from U.S. mines, two sources familiar with the…
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Critical Metals inks 15-year Greenland rare earth deal with REalloys
Critical Metals said on Thursday it has signed a 15-year binding offtake agreement with REalloys for rare earth concentrate from…
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U.S. Critical Materials and Columbia University Sign Agreement to Advance Domestic Recovery of Defense-Critical Metals from Red Mud
U.S. Critical Materials Corp. (“USCM”) and Columbia University have signed a two-year Sponsored Research Agreement seeking to advance scientific pathways…
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Judge upholds US government approval of ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine
A federal judge rejected claims by environmentalists that the U.S. government in 2024 improperly approved Australia-based ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium…
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