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DOL Provides Funding for Critical Mineral Supply Chains
14 Jan 2026 01:25 GMT
… labor practices in the cobalt, copper, tantalum, tin, and tungsten supply chains … transparent, reliable sources of critical minerals while protecting American industries from … “Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production,” to help "ensure …
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Greenland’s critical minerals require patient statecraft
13 Jan 2026 21:08 GMT
… minerals, from traditional commodities such as copper, lead, and zinc … zinc, gold, silver, and iron ore. It also holds various specialty metals … tantalum, and vanadium. While many of these resources are geologically … Finance Corporation and Export-Import Bank. …
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Trump wants Greenland’s minerals. Are they really worth digging up?
12 Jan 2026 21:26 GMT
… to metals. China is beginning to use export … tantalum (chemical symbol Ta), niobium (Nb), rare earth elements and zirconium.
Geologists … ore. “There is no mine in the world currently mining that mineral … a mineral that used to be essential for aluminium …
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Metals Enter a New Era
12 Jan 2026 10:19 GMT
… for global electrification.
Silver rallied past $80 … aluminium, titanium, copper and specialty alloys.
By contrast, more ’traditional’ metals … cycles, like iron ore or zinc, remain more … minerals are increasingly viewed as strategic assets. Measures like export …
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More Than Oil: Venezuela’s “Blue Gold” Draws US Attention
12 Jan 2026 02:57 GMT
… geological data is incomplete, its mining … is to Chinese export restrictions.
Joel … tantalum and niobium), bauxite (aluminum and gallium), and other critical minerals … Metals and Mining Analyst at BloombergNEF, said: “Despite the country’s significant mineral …
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Expert warns of 'extreme violence' in Venezuelan mining as Trump admin eyes mineral reserves
11 Jan 2026 23:05 GMT
… have steel, you have minerals, all the critical minerals. They have a great mining … . "The illicit extraction of gold, tungsten, tantalum, and rare earth elements … Venezuelan gold exports with at least 86% of the country’s gold reportedly …
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Kanyika niobium exports set for 2028
10 Jan 2026 04:08 GMT
… Mining Licence and Mine Development Agreement requirements for an exportable … tonnes of tantalum pentoxide annually.
Globe Metals said … the feasibility study.
Geologist and mining consultant Ignatius Kamwanje … had elevated the mineral’s strategic importance. …
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Which Metal has the Highest Melting Point?
09 Jan 2026 22:50 GMT
… and very high-strength metallic bonds, and is necessitating … catalysts 3 Tantalum 3,017 Capacitors, alloys 4 Molybdenum 2 … 455 Batteries 10 Iron 1,538 Steel
What are Tungsten … increases production through Nagaland mines; EU considers African diversification …
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Here’s why Greenland is wanted so much, according to a geologist
09 Jan 2026 11:10 GMT
… the logistical challenges of mining them.
Geologically speaking, it is … offshore Greenland.
Metals such as lead, copper, iron and zinc are also … REEs such as niobium, tantalum and ytterbium have been … (and subsequent mining) of silver and zinc reserves in south …
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Energy Transition Minerals appoints Ballard Partners as US strategic advisor
09 Jan 2026 01:19 GMT
… Greenland-focused Energy Transition Minerals has appointed highly regarded … commercial participant in critical minerals markets by leveraging … the Penouta tin, tantalum and niobium mine in … outcropping bulk mineral resources that translate to low mining costs. …