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...

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...

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...

With vast reserves of manganese, graphite and other essential minerals, the South American nation is launching ambitious government...

The 2024 UK Criticality Assessment, published in November 2024, finds that 34 minerals out of the 82 candidate materials assessed are...

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...

South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced in 2023 that they had finalised a list of 33 critical minerals, of...

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,...

Chile’s government said that strong interest from private firms in lithium deals meant it could exceed its goal of three to four new...

It was reported in Reuters on 27 June that The EU will struggle to meet ambitious goals for EU rare earths in new legislation designed to...