In this issue
Skillings Mining Review July 2025 issue tracks how policy and capital are redrawing mining’s supply map. In the U.S., a $900M push into Nevada lithium and a renewed Defense Production Act focus signal a deeper bid for battery-metal security—even as EPA rollbacks reshape the regulatory field.
Abroad, France moves on Argentina lithium, Uganda launches a national miner, and Algeria loosens caps to court new projects. Technology and science challenge old assumptions—from geochemical scanning overturning kimberlite theory to rubidium advances with supply-chain implications. On the markets side, we chart gold’s outlook as geopolitics cool and Fed cuts loom, the aluminum scrap trade’s new winners and losers, and a data-rich view of iron ore producers alongside 2024 global crude steel totals.
We also examine frontier bets—deep-sea mining, Sweden’s uranium restart, and Case Lake’s cesium—plus corporate stress signals from Tomago to private investment flowing into Iran. The common thread: positioning for the next up-cycle by securing inputs, modernizing processes, and reading policy risk early.
