- December Drill Hits Report: Australian gold drilling produces top-ranked intercept. READ MORE
- Mexico living through ‘terror’, says relative of kidnapped employee of Canadian mining company. READ MORE
- Glencore suspends Horne copper smelter investments in lower emissions, upgrades. READ MORE
- ‘Project Vault’ – US to create $12B strategic critical minerals reserve. READ MORE
- USTDA looks to help US investment in critical minerals development. READ MORE
- US seeks critical minerals deals to drop tariffs, set price floors. READ MORE
- Foreign Affairs Minister Anand visits D.C. as Trump administration makes case for critical minerals trade zone. READ MORE
- Any decision to join U.S. critical minerals bloc will be part of USMCA talks, Anand says. READ MORE
- Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. in advanced discussions with Gécamines SA and Mercuria Energy Trading SA regarding supply of critical minerals from the Kipushi mine to the US. READ MORE
- European Commission faces lawsuit for tagging Savannah's Barroso Lithium Project as ‘strategic’. READ MORE
- Barrick reviewing giant Reko Diq project amid security concerns. READ MORE
- Uzbekistan planning development at four new uranium mines this year. The government said it will start to develop the Arnasay, Western Kizilkok, Southern Jongeldi and Eastern Agron deposits. Uranium production in the country amounted to 7,000 metric tonnes in 2025, while identified reserves reached 139,000 metric tonnes. READ MORE
- Japan faces challenges in establishing a domestic rare earths supply chain despite recovering materials from deep-sea deposits, industry experts told Platts. Japan has been working to ease reliance on China, which controls much of the global rare earths supply chain, and extracting rare earths from sea mud is an important step forward. READ MORE
- Brazil's National Mining Agency says there is no “imminent risk” from Sigma Lithium Corp.'s waste piles at the Grota do Cirilo lithium mining site. The statement follows the temporary closure of tailings structures after labor inspectors warned of risks to workers. READ MORE
- Capstone Copper Corp. reached a labor agreement with Union No. 2 at the Mantoverde copper-gold mine in Chile, ending a strike that started Jan. 2nd. With ratification of the new three-year collective bargaining agreement, the company will seek to resume full operations after operating at about 55% during the strike. READ MORE
