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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.
Critical minerals refining remains heavily concentrated. IEA data shows the top three refining countries accounted for an average 86% of output across six key minerals in…
Representative cobalt processing facility with drying equipment and bagged concentrate in Central Africa. A peer-reviewed study estimates that between 2,000 and 5,000 tonnes of natural uranium…
Copper prices have retreated from a record near $14,854 per tonne reached on Sept. 9 as traders reassess the chances of U.S. tariffs on refined copper…
Humboldt Mill is expected to process material from Talon’s Tamarack project in Minnesota. Talon Metals has abandoned plans to build a nickel processing facility in North…
Ghana is courting Australian investors to develop its critical minerals sector as the country looks beyond its traditional gold-led mining industry. The push puts Ghana critical…
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four projects for $73 million in funding. The money will establish real-world testing grounds for next-generation mining technologies.…
India’s mining sector could add $500 billion in additional G,DP and generate up to 25 million incremental direct and indirect jobs by 2047, according to a…
Kenya is positioning itself for a larger role in the global critical minerals supply chain. The United States supports local processing, while China continues to expand…
The mining investment landscape turned sharply more defensive after a hotter U.S. producer-price reading lifted Treasury yields and increased expectations of another Federal Reserve rate hike.…
Large-scale open-pit mining equipment operating across terraced benches. By Salini Krishnan Target publish time: 4:00 PM ET Copper’s record rally, fresh option-style dealmaking in Peru, renewed…
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