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Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Chairman says nations that control energy metal supply chains "control the sway of industrial power." President Donald Trump's signing of executive orders on his first day back in the Oval Office aimed at dismantling much of the Biden administration's climate agenda has raised concerns about the energy transition in the United States and the impacts on minerals demand. However, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence remains confident that the global...
Fleet Space is developing seismic sensors to map resources and hazards on the Moon and Mars. With backing from the Australian government, Fleet Space Technologies is adapting the satellite-enhanced and AI-enabled platform it has developed for discovering critical minerals on Earth to exploring the Moon, Mars, and beyond. "Leveraging Fleet Space's terrestrial end-to-end mineral exploration platform, ExoSphere, as a blueprint – we have created a model for a hyper-scalable, o...
Muskogee Oklahoma facility will produce enough battery-grade lithium for 1 million EVs annually. On Jan. 22, Stardust Power Inc. broke ground on its lithium refinery in Muskogee, Okla., marking a critical milestone in the U.S. energy transition and reinforcing Oklahoma's literal and figurative position at the center of the nation's critical mineral supply chains. "Stardust Power's decision to break ground on its lithium refinery in Muskogee is a significant step forward for...
Powerful startups combined forces to explore for geological hydrogen to fuel clean energy future. As an energy-rich fuel that only emits water vapor as a byproduct when it is burned, hydrogen promises to be a clean energy source for our industries, businesses, homes, and vehicles. Now, Koloma Inc., a hydrogen exploration company backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, has teamed up with the high-powered Australian mineral exploration tech firm Fleet Space Technologies Inc. to...
Scientists discover how to pack enormous quantities of data into a 1mm rare earth crystal computer storage device. The binary system of ones and zeros has been a mainstay of information storage since the Jacquard machine was invented in the early 1800s to encode complex loom patterns. Fast forward to 2025, and a standard one-terabyte hard drive for home computers and laptops can store as much data as 12.5 billion punch cards once used in early computing. Now, a rare earth...
Experts urge Congress to take bold steps to secure America's mineral independence. With China dominating the supply of minerals critical to America's economy and security, Washington policymakers are seeking policy solutions to reinvigorate the domestic mining sector. A recent U.S. House Natural Resources Committee hearing, titled "Now Ore Never: The Importance of Domestic Mining for U.S. National Security," brought experts together to provide insights into the nation's...
Universal color-coded system empowers safer and more intuitive mining equipment wear monitoring. Replacing critical wear parts on mining equipment at the right time is a balancing act – too soon wastes time and money, too late risks costly repairs and downtime. WearVue, an Australia-based startup, simplifies this process with a color-coded system that empowers any mine worker to assess wear status at a glance. The company has developed an array of indicators that can be i...
Global company to collaborate on innovations that improve efficiency and lower carbon emissions. Toward the goal of shrinking the operating costs and carbon footprint at its global operations, Brazil-based mining giant Vale has signed a new, five-year global framework agreement with Caterpillar Inc. “The framework agreement represents an evolution in our relationship with Caterpillar, amplifying our focus on maximizing the performance of Vale’s assets and allowing us to adv...
Proprietary tech to cut costs, shrink carbon footprint, and produce clean water byproduct. Further advancing its goal of establishing an efficient North American lithium supply chain, Stardust Power Inc. has secured exclusive rights to KMX Technologies Inc.'s lithium extraction and concentration technology. "This exclusive licensing agreement with KMX Technologies is a pivotal step forward in advancing Stardust Power's sustainability and operational efficiency goals," said Sta...
Natural Resources Canada funds critical mineral projects under new Quebec-Canada collaboration table. As the global race for critical minerals intensifies, Canada is investing C$43.5 million ($34.5 million) to fast-track Quebec's mining and processing infrastructure, reinforcing North America's clean energy and EV battery supply chains. Announced by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) on Feb. 6, this funding aims to accelerate the development of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and rare...
Japanese corp. agrees to buy 20,000 mt/y of battery-grade lithium from Oklahoma refinery. Less than two weeks after Stardust Power Inc. broke ground on its lithium refinery in Muskogee, Okla., Sumitomo has entered into a preliminary agreement to acquire 80% of the battery-grade lithium carbonate to be produced at the strategically located American Heartland battery materials plant. "This offtake agreement marks a transformative milestone for Stardust Power," CEO Roshan Pujari...
Deep concerns and multi-billion-dollar investments have not steered America away from heavy critical mineral import reliance. Like the massive cargo ships that transport the minerals essential to American industry, the U.S. remains slow to change course on its critical mineral dependence. The 2025 edition of U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) annual Mineral Commodity Summaries report shows that America's reliance on foreign suppliers for its critical mineral needs is virtually...
Beijing adds five minerals critical to tech, energy, and defense to growing export restrictions list. Continuing to exploit a weakness in the United States' economic and national security armor, China has placed restrictions on the exports of five additional critical minerals – bismuth, indium, molybdenum, tellurium, and tungsten. All of these metals are essential to the high-tech, clean energy, and defense sectors of the U.S. economy. Starting with gallium and germanium in m...
MP Materials begins commercial NdPr metal and early rare earth magnet production in the U.S. With the start of neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) metal production at its Independence plant in Fort Worth, Texas, MP Materials has forged a critical link to an all-American mine-to-magnets rare earth supply chain that connects its Mountain Pass Mine in California to garages, homes, businesses, and industries across the United States. "This milestone marks a major step forward in...
Is working with DARPA and ARPA-E to accelerate nationwide critical mineral resource assessments. Amid the global race to secure minerals needed for clean energy technologies and national security, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is leveraging the transformative abilities of artificial intelligence to analyze and assess the nation's critical mineral resources at a pace and scale never before possible. "Typical mineral resource assessment will take us two years, start to...
Partnering to develop trolley assist for reduced emissions in underground mines. To bring the electric mine of the future one step closer to reality, global mining equipment manufacturer Epiroc and electrification technology leader ABB have joined forces to develop a trolley system to assist ore-laden haul trucks on their climb out of the depths of underground mines. "The decarbonization of mine haulage fleets is becoming increasingly pressing as we look towards 2030...
USA Rare Earths produces first batch of critical REE magnets at its Innovations Lab in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Crossing a major milestone on the path to breaking America's reliance on China for an essential component of electric vehicles, wind turbines, robotics and military technologies, USA Rare Earth LLC (USARE) has produced its first batch of rare earth magnets at its Innovations Lab in Oklahoma. "Our new Innovations Lab, which we will finish building out in the coming month...
New Supply Chain Resiliency Initiative aims to break America's reliance on China for minerals essential to transformative technologies. As the Chinese government brandishes its dominance over critical mineral supply chains as a weapon in an escalating trade war with the U.S., the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is equipping critical minerals suppliers outside of the People's Republic of China (PRC) with a powerful new financing tool aimed at leveling the...
Invests $45 million for regional Carbon Ore, Rare Earth and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) assessment across the nation. To help break America's reliance on imports for many of the minerals critical to the nation's economy and security, the U.S. Department of Energy is investing $45 million into six regional projects from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest to the Appalachian Mountain region near the Atlantic coast. "Rebuilding a domestic supply chain for critical minerals and...
After eight years of permitting, Perpetua Resources receives major federal authorizations needed to develop Stibnite Mine. "We Did It!" Perpetua Resources Corp.'s three-word response to the U.S. Forest Service's authorization of its plan to build and operate the Stibnite Mine underscores both the significance of this major milestone for gold-antimony project in Idaho and the excitement of finally reaching the finish line after nearly a decade of federal permitting process for...
Northern Nevada lithium project co-owned by GM now hosts enough reserves for 85 years of mining. Lithium Americas and General Motors' Thacker Pass Mine project in Nevada now hosts enough reserves to supply the lithium needed for the batteries to power more than 250 million electric vehicles over the next 85 years. Lithium Americas President and CEO Jonathan Evans says a new reserve calculation and supporting technical report detailing the plans for an initial 25 years of...
China export bans underscore lack of national reserves; The Oregon Group points out upsides and downsides to rebuilding stockpiles. Above and beyond exposing America's lack of critical minerals mining and processing, China's ban on the exports of antimony, gallium, and germanium shines a spotlight on the near depletion of national reserves of mined commodities vital to the nation's economy and security. Critical minerals and energy analysts at The Oregon Group point out that...
Ma'aden to leverage the Fleet Space's satellite-enabled tech to accelerate mineral exploration across the Saudi Shield. Continuing its rocketing growth and the adoption of its cutting-edge mineral exploration technology by some of the world's largest mining companies, Australia-based Fleet Space Technologies has entered into an agreement with the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, or Ma'aden, to deploy its satellite-enabled and AI-enhanced ExoSphere platform to accelerate the...
DOD says new fire suppressant foam enhanced with Alaska graphite is "revolutionizing" firefighting. While Graphite One Inc.'s primary focus is on establishing an all-American supply chain that will provide automakers with an alternative to China for the graphite anode material for electric vehicle batteries, the mining and tech company is also supporting the development of graphite-enhanced fire suppressant foam that safeguards firefighters in the U.S. military and across the... Full story
From space tech-enabled copper exploration in Australia to nuclear fuel made in America, MTN counts down the most popular articles of 2024. Over the past year, Metal Tech News writers delivered more than 500 articles with deep insights into the scientific breakthroughs, mining initiatives, government policies, and market conditions that are shaping the future for technology metals and mining technologies. These articles took readers from material science discoveries in the... Full story
