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Salini Krishnan reports on the policy and capital forces reshaping critical-mineral supply chains: rare earths, US–China export controls, government stockpiles, deep-sea mining and the public money behind the West's push to rebuild refining capacity. A science postgraduate with a degree in communication, she reads the technical record before the press release, following minerals from exploration licence to processing plant. She has written for Skillings Mining Review since 2019.
India will launch a new lithium-nickel processing scheme as it develops critical-mineral parks and seeks greater domestic mineral value addition.
Africa holds more than a quarter of the world’s known critical-mineral reserves, according to McKinsey. The continent has particularly large deposits of platinum-group metals, tantalum, cobalt…
China's dominance of rare earths extends far beyond mining and refining. It is strongest at the downstream end of the supply chain, where rare earth materials…
G20 energy ministers have agreed to strengthen cooperation on critical minerals, with a focus on more resilient and diversified supply chains, local value addition, investment, innovation…
Resolute Mining cuts Syama’s 2026 gold guidance to 150–160koz as Mali supply disruptions constrain explosives, equipment and ore access.
Nearly three kilometres below the surface of South Africa, South Deep is tackling a problem that has challenged deep-level mining for generations: how do you make…
China Rare Earth Group is reportedly in talks to take control of Shenghe Resources, bringing its international rare-earth interests and minority stake in MP Materials into…
A Worcester Polytechnic Institute-led research team is combining biology, artificial intelligence and materials science to investigate whether rare earth elements and other critical minerals trapped in…
Deccan Gold Mines has been reported as targeting approximately 700–750 kg of annual gold production from Jonnagiri by FY28, although management guidance has also cited a…
Iran is using the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to advance rare-earth exploration, with Bafq-Saghand and Esfordi offering distinct geological and processing opportunities.
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