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Illustrative rare-earth leach circuit representing the processing challenge behind scandium recovery. Mount Ridley Mines’ latest metallurgical result has moved scandium recovery closer to the center of…
An all-season road under development in a remote Canadian Shield landscape, illustrating the infrastructure challenge facing northern mineral projects. Canada has attracted nearly C$500 billion (about…
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…
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…
Critical-minerals operators are increasingly expected to prove where material was extracted, processed, handled and sold before buyers, lenders or customs authorities will accept it. For years,…
Brazil’s new policy improves the financing toolkit for domestic processing, but project bankability will depend on qualification rules, infrastructure and credible offtake structures. Brazil’s new critical-minerals…
Brazilian critical-minerals processing infrastructure in a tropical industrial setting. Brazil has enacted its first dedicated legal framework for critical and strategic minerals, offering up to R$7…
Brazilian nickel and critical-minerals processing infrastructure viewed from an elevated angle. Critical-minerals finance is increasingly being shaped by governments before projects reach lenders’ credit committees. The…
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…
U.S. and Lithuanian flags outside a government building in Washington. The United States and Lithuania have signed a critical minerals framework that sets a six-month timetable…
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