Technology
Copper’s Demand Surge Puts Energy Transition Plans—and Mining Investment—Under Strain
Copper demand is rising as electrification, renewables and digital infrastructure expand, but supply growth is being squeezed by lower ore grades, slower permitting and higher costs.…
Africa’s Mining Supercycle Accelerates as Capital Floods Into Copper, Gold, and Battery Metals
Africa’s mining sector is entering a powerful new commodities supercycle, driven by surging global demand for critical minerals, intensifying geopolitical competition, and the rapid expansion of…
Asia’s Mining Surge Rewrites Critical Mineral Supply Chains for Clean Energy
Asia is drawing a surge of investment into exploration, extraction and processing of critical minerals, tightening global supply chains for electrification and renewable energy. Indonesia’s nickel…
Cobalt Blue Enters US Critical Minerals Race with Glomar Consortium and Seabed Processing Strategy
Cobalt Blue Holdings has taken a major step toward global expansion, entering a strategic consortium with Glomar Minerals to develop a polymetallic nodule processing facility in…
Neo Performance Materials Starts Heavy Rare Earth Separation in Estonia, Signaling Europe’s Push for Midstream Independence
Neo Performance Materials has commissioned a heavy rare earth solvent extraction line at its Silmet facility in Estonia, reaching nameplate capacity and producing separated dysprosium and…
Military Metals’ Maiden Trojárová Resource Highlights EU Antimony Supply Gap
Military Metals has released a maiden inferred resource for its Trojárová antimony-gold project in western Slovakia, totaling 6.5 million tonnes at 1.02% antimony and 1.06 g/t…
Osmond Resources’ Orión Project in Southern Spain Gains Strategic Weight Under EU Critical Minerals Push
Osmond Resources is advancing its OriĂłn EU Critical Minerals Project in AndalucĂa, where early sampling and drilling point to heavy mineral concentrations and potential scale across…
US DFC backs Krstov Dol antimony restart with $5m facility, underscoring Europe-Balkans supply-chain push
The US International Development Finance Corporation has approved a $5 million project development facility for the Krstov Dol antimony project in North Macedonia, signaling a shift…
Europe’s Rare Earth Magnet Challenge: NdFeB Supply Chains, China Dependence and the Rise of Nearshoring
Europe’s electrification ambitions increasingly depend on a critical yet largely invisible component: neodymium–iron–boron (NdFeB) magnets. These high-performance magnets are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines and…
St George Mining pushes Araxá rare earths toward mine-to-magnet supply chain with REalloys and Brazil processing partners
Australia-listed St George Mining is expanding its Brazil-focused rare earth strategy by aligning the Araxá project with REalloys’ magnet materials expertise and building a local processing…