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.
Comet Lithium begins a 17-day exploration programme on June 13 at its Triple L and Elmer East sites, focusing on geophysical and satellite-detected anomalies.
The European Union selects 13 critical materials extraction projects, including a site in Greenland, to secure strategic supplies essential for technological and energy industries, amidst global geopolitical risks.
The International Energy Agency warns of growing vulnerability in strategic metal supply chains, dominated by a limited number of producing and refining countries.
The European rearmament plan intensifies pressure on critical metals supply chains, dominated by China, and in direct competition with other key industrial sectors.
State-owned oil group Rosneft has taken over the exploitation licence for the Tomtor rare metals deposit, marking the entry of hydrocarbons into a mining sector largely abandoned by private investors.
During a visit to France, the Saudi Minister of Industry presented the kingdom's titanium and aluminium as levers to reach agreements with French manufacturers and support the country’s industrial diversification.
Smackover Lithium’s South West Arkansas project becomes one of only three lithium initiatives designated as priority projects in the US under the presidential executive order on mineral autonomy.
In Nasarawa State, Nigeria, lithium extraction is intensifying due to the rising demand for this strategic mineral. Between artisanal operations and foreign investments, the sector is developing despite regulatory challenges and local tensions.
The Indian government has announced an investment of 1.8 billion euros to reduce its dependence on China for strategic minerals essential for the renewable energy and defense industries.
