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From Ghanaian gold to Congolese cobalt and Indonesian tin, illegal extraction and weak documentation expose gaps in mineral supply chains. The challenge for buyers is proving…
The next leader of the United Nations will take office as critical minerals reshape global trade, industrial policy and energy security. For the mining industry, the…
Sulphuric Acid Supply Chain Risk: How Export Curbs Threaten Copper and Nickel Mining Sulphuric acid rarely features in discussions about the critical minerals supply chain. Yet…
The US strategic critical minerals reserve has moved closer to physical procurement. On 23 September 2026, Glencore and Mercuria became the first two participants in VaultCo,…
Brazil now has a national legal framework for critical and strategic minerals. Law 15.506, enacted on September 16, created the National Policy for Critical and Strategic…
An industrial processing complex in Tennessee is at the center of Korea Zinc’s plan to expand U.S. refining capacity. Korea Zinc’s $7.4 billion Project Crucible has…
Lithium brine ponds and processing infrastructure in Argentina’s Andean mining corridor. The United States plans to provide up to $7 billion in financing for Argentine mineral…
Reverse-circulation drilling at a remote East Yilgarn exploration target. RareX Ltd. has identified a 74-metre zone of anomalous copper sulphide mineralisation beneath a large gallium anomaly…
NEW YORK — Italy and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding on critical minerals that establishes a formal framework for cooperation on supply-chain…
Strategic-minerals processing infrastructure in Brazil. Brazil has enacted a new framework for screening foreign investment and strategic transactions involving critical minerals, adding a review layer to…
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