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The stars are aligning for Graphite One

3 weeks ago | mining.com | Amanda Stutt |Rick Mills

When Biden was president, he invoked the Defense Production Act to encourage domestic production of critical minerals. Battery materials such as lithium, nickel, graphite, cobalt and manganese were added to the list of items covered under the act — a 1950s law that former President Harry Truman enlisted to ramp up steel production for the Korean War — to help companies access $750 million in funds. Trump used the law in his first term to spur mask production during the coronavirus pandemic.
Maaden raises $1.25 billion from bond sale to fund mining growth

2 months ago | mining.com | Rick Mills |Adam Hamilton

Bloomberg News | February 9, 2025 | 8:33 am Top Companies Middle East Aluminum Copper Gold Potash Mansourah Massarah gold mine. (Image by Maaden.) Saudi Arabian Mining Co., commonly known as Maaden, has raised $1.25 billion from its debut Islamic bond sale as the company looks to fund a huge expansion program over the next five years.
Gemfields halts emerald sales over Zambia export tax

2 months ago | mining.com | Cecilia Jamasmie |Blair McBride |Rick Mills

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 31, 2025 | 3:55 am News Africa Europe Diamond Emeralds from the Kagem mine in Zambia. (Image courtesy of Gemfields.) Coloured precious stones miner Gemfields (LON: GEM) (JSE: GML) has paused the sale of emeralds from its Kagem mine in Zambia, but hopes the government will soon reverse a 15% export tariff reintroduced earlier this month.
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joins ACG Metals board

2 months ago | mining.com | Frik Els |Rick Mills

Staff Writer | January 30, 2025 | 2:30 pm Careers News Europe USA Copper ACG Metals, the copper-focused SPAC (special purchase acquisition company) started by ex-Rusal executive Artem Volynets, has announced the appointment of former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as non-executive director.
Why Greenland should join Canada - not the US

2 months ago | mining.com | Rick Mills |Blair McBride

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | January 30, 2025 | 11:30 am News Canada USA Greenland is located in the North Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. About 80% of Greenland is ice cap that can be up to 3 km thick. Approximately one-twentieth of the world’s ice and one-quarter of the Earth’s surface ice is found in Greenland.
China's central bank resumes gold purchases after six-month hiatus

Dec 7, 2024 | mining.com | Amanda Stutt |Rick Mills

Reuters | December 7, 2024 | 4:51 pm News China Gold China’s central bank resumed buying gold for its reserves in November after a six-month pause, official data by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) showed on Saturday. The PBOC was the world’s largest official sector buyer of gold in 2023.
Energy Fuels MOU with Madagascar unlocks path for $2 billion Toliara project

Dec 6, 2024 | mining.com | Henry Lazenby |Rick Mills |Blair McBride

Henry Lazenby - The Northern Miner | December 6, 2024 | 12:33 pm Battery Metals Africa Cobalt Copper Graphite Specialty Minerals Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) has an initial agreement with Madagascar clearing the way for a final investment decision on its $2-billion Toliara critical minerals project by early 2026.
China's metal dominance - MINING.COM

Dec 6, 2024 | mining.com | Rick Mills

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | December 6, 2024 | 12:44 pm Battery Metals Intelligence Markets China Graphite Rare Earth For decades, China has dominated critical minerals, with Canada and the US, among other nations, all too willing to let Beijing do the mining and/ or processing and sell the end-products.
Parties' mining and energy policies scrutinized ahead of British Columbia election

Oct 11, 2024 | mining.com | Rick Mills |Blair McBride

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | October 11, 2024 | 12:20 pm News Canada While far from perfect, the BC Conservative Party appears to have the best policies for mining and energy ahead of the provincial election on Oct. 19, an AOTH analysis has found.
Gold repatriation shifting from north to south

Sep 27, 2024 | mining.com | Rick Mills |Adam Hamilton

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | September 27, 2024 | 1:22 pm Markets Gold German central bank’s vault. (Image courtesy of Bundesbank) In 2017 Germany brought home nearly $31 billion of gold bars that had been stored in New York and Paris after World War II. The Financial Times gives a good account of how Germany amassed, lost and then got its gold back. Perhaps no other country (except maybe Zimbabwe) understands the value of bullion as a store of value than Germany.