Singapore's iconic Marina Bay Waterfront showcasing its tourism and financial hub status Singapore is known for many things globally. From the iconic Gardens by the Bay and Jewel at Changi Airport to its global financial hub status and global economic competitiveness, Singapore has consistently risen above the constraints of its limited geographical size on the global stage. It is a known fact that Singapore is not blessed with natural mineral resources unlike its neighbours

by Ng Chin Chye, Marketing and Communications Lead, Critical Minerals Association Being at our various Critical Minerals Association Events across the globe the past year, one perennial topic kept coming up during discussions between presenters and attendees - why are the younger generation not joining the mining sector? As one attendee jokingly put it, 'Look around the conference and count how many grey haired individuals are here and you will see why we have a talent pipeli

Argentina's critical minerals strategy aims to position the country as a leading global supplier supporting the clean energy transition. Furthermore the country is expanding mineral resources development beyond lithium to include copper, LNG, uranium and renewable energy projects. This is according to Argentina's Secretary for Mining, Luis Lucero at the International Lithium Association ’s seminar during Argentina Day at the London Metal Exchange’s LME Week 2025  event. Argen

For nearly two decades, Japan has been at the global forefront of ‘urban mining’, a process of recycling critical minerals from urban waste. Tokyo has honed its specialism to resist China’s dominance in the production of critical minerals and to ensure supply-chain security both domestically and with international partners. For Tokyo, urban mining addresses two strategic issues linked to critical minerals. Firstly, it reduces Japan’s dependence on imports of critical minerals

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in August 2025 that their countries would enhance...

The region’s leading mining and quarrying event in the region is back for its 17th edition! The Mining Show is taking place on 17-18...

Copper is used in everything from consumer electronics and automobiles to home construction and data centres Copper prices surged after...

South Korea is strengthening cooperation with resource-rich African countries in critical minerals. This is hardly surprising given that critical minerals are essential to its high-tech industries. The country has an annual import demand of over US$36bn for critical minerals, including graphite, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and lithium, and is working to diversify its supply sources. The country's strategy is to provide technology for resource exploration to African countries a

The talks on a minerals deal,  presented to Kyiv on Feb 12 coincided with a bid by President Donald Trump to kick-start negotiations to...

Africa is home to over 30 percent of the world’s known reserves of critical minerals . While international interest and investment in...

2025 has started with geopolitics taking centre stage once again in global critical minerals news.

Mining and mineral processing has been gaining momentum for Arab Gulf states as a means of diversifying natural resources beyond oil and gas. Capital & diplomatic efforts have taken strides and shed light upon on the region as active participants locally and serious partners in the global mining sector. In the United Arab Emirates, KEZAD Group and UAE-based Titan Lithium have signed a 50-year land lease to build a state-of-the-art lithium processing plant in Abu Dhabi’s Khali

With vast reserves of manganese, graphite and other essential minerals, the South American nation is launching ambitious government initiatives and attracting significant corporate investments to expand its production capacity and meet global demand. Corporate Investments Among these is Brazil’s first fund to support critical minerals, backed by Vale and Brazil’s development bank BNDES, announced in October 2024. A consortium formed by JGP Asset Management, BB Asset and Ore I

The 2024 UK Criticality Assessment, published in November 2024, finds that 34 minerals out of the 82 candidate materials assessed are ‘critical’. This is an increase relative to the 2021 assessment, where only 26 candidate materials were assessed and 18 assessed as critical. Of the 18 minerals classed as critical on the 2021 list, 17 remain critical in this new assessment — palladium is now below the criticality threshold — whilst notable additions in 2024 include nickel, iro

With Trump securing the US presidential election win and announcing his team this week, the mining industry is anticipating the impact of...

Amidst the global critical minerals shortage, deep-sea mining could be the answer. But there are challenges with this.

India, the world’s third-largest greenhouse gas emitter, aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070 – a goal that hinges on the assured supply of critical minerals. Hence in June 2023, India's Ministry of Mines approved a list of 30 critical minerals. These include minerals such as lithium and graphite which are used in electric vehicle batteries. While India reportedly has the world’s fifth-largest reserves of rare earth elements (around 6 per cent), the country is entirel

South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced in 2023 that they had finalised a list of 33 critical minerals, of which 10 were classified as strategic critical minerals. These 10 minerals include lithium and nickel, as "strategic" key minerals for intense management of their supply chains and to significantly reduce their dependence on specific nations as part of efforts to better secure national economic security. South Korea imports nearly 95 percen

International prices of rare-earth elements have plunged 20% over the past year as overproduction in China has caused a supply glut. This...

Here in the Asia Pacific region, focus has been naturally on the major critical minerals producing countries such as China, Indonesia,...