Ramaco Resources and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory partner to develop extraction and processing technologies for rare earth elements from the Brook Mine in Wyoming.
Brazilian producer Sigma Lithium has been included in a thematic index by Morgan Stanley grouping US-listed companies considered essential to national security and strategic supply chains.
First Lithium Minerals begins a field programme at its Lidstone project, aiming to identify gold or base metal drilling targets in a historically underexplored greenstone belt.
CMSI launches a public consultation until 17 November to finalise a common mining standard designed to simplify industrial requirements and strengthen global adoption.
The Canadian government supports a pilot phosphorus purification project in Quebec with public funding aimed at strengthening the national strategic minerals supply chain.
TETRA Technologies announces a sharp increase in mineral resources in Arkansas, including bromine, lithium, and for the first time magnesium and manganese, across its 40,000 acres of brine concessions.
US-based EnergyX will install its lithium pilot plant in Texarkana, investing $20mn on the TexAmericas Center industrial site and announcing the creation of over 40 skilled jobs.
TexPower entrusts its strategy to reindustrialise lithium iron phosphate in the United States to Bader Almonawer, appointed president to lead the company’s industrial and operational development from Houston.
The Barroso project, considered strategic for the European Union, faces a new delay due to administrative setbacks involving a pending land easement approval.
Piedmont Lithium has completed its merger with Sayona Mining, giving birth to Elevra Lithium, a new mining group focused on hard-rock lithium with an expanded presence in North America and Australia.
Canada and Germany have signed a joint declaration of intent to secure their supply chains for strategic minerals such as lithium, nickel and rare earths.
Comet Lithium unveils promising assay results from its Elmer East project, revealing a pegmatite rich in lithium, cesium, and tantalum, with rare grades for a first phase of exploration on virgin ground.
Aleon Metals has secured $188 million in financing from its creditors and initiated a restructuring process to support its operations and pursue the sale of its strategic assets.
Vision Lithium identifies several high-grade lithium, cesium and tantalum dykes on its Sirmac property, confirming the presence of a mineralised trend over more than five kilometres near Chibougamau.
Chevron acquires 125,000 acres in a lithium-rich formation in the United States, aiming at local production via advanced technology to strengthen the national supply of critical minerals.
Vortex Metals has confirmed copper, silver and gold grades at the Illapel project in Chile, while identifying six new conductive targets with high IOCG mineralisation potential.
