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The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa), the State-owned company responsible for nuclear research and technology development, as well as the provision of nuclear applications and... 

The Indonesian unit of French miner Eramet has halted nickel ore production after a government decision to slash its 2026 mining quota by 70% compared to last year left it unable to continue... 

Having announced its intention to only supply offtakers in the Europe and the US with rare earth materials earlier last month, ASX-listed Viridis Mining and Metals has secured a letter of intent... 

Nasdaq-listed USA Rare Earth has announced it will expand its metal, alloy and magnet making investment in France. This will build upon the company’s previously announced French initiatives, which... 

The symbol U and the atomic number 92 are once again among the energy elements being looked at with greater intensity amid global fossil fuel supply disruption and growing demand for triuranium... 

ASX-listed Vulcan Energy has achieved financial close on the €2.2-billion, or $3.9-billion, funding package required to fund construction of the zero-carbon Lionheart lithium and renewable-energy... 

Diversified metals miner Eramet has appointed Simon Henochsberg to succeed Abel Martins as group CFO and has announced the partial restart of mineral sands processing at its Grande Côte operation,... 

China has cut Japan off from several heavy rare earths and other materials for at least four months, coinciding with a dispute between the two countries over Taiwan, suggesting Beijing is using its... 

Europe must build its own pricing system for specialty metals and rare earths to reduce reliance on China and unlock investment in mining and processing, Bernd Schaefer, CEO and managing director... 

Following South Africa’s Northam Platinum reporting earlier this year that thousands of hydrogen-powered trucks are doing the rounds in China, France’s Lhyfe added on Monday, May 4 that by the end... 

The European Union has shortlisted tungsten, rare earths and gallium for its first joint stockpile of critical minerals aimed at reducing its reliance on China, three sources familiar with the... 

TSX-listed NextSource Materials reports that a technical team from Germany’s Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) attended a site visit at the company’s Molo graphite mine,... 

The symbol U and the atomic number 92 are once again among the energy elements being looked at with greater intensity amid global fossil fuel supply disruption and growing demand for triuranium... 

The traditional global rules-based order is actively being reshaped, with arbitration being pulled into the front lines, and over time, geopolitics, not just the rule of law, determining how... 

Following South Africa’s Northam Platinum reporting earlier this year that thousands of hydrogen-powered trucks are doing the rounds in China, France’s Lhyfe added on Monday, May 4 that by the end... 

State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has signed a €300-million (R5.8-billion) with Agence française de développement (AFD) to support its transition to a low-carbon operating model. The... 

ASX-listed Vulcan Energy has started with construction at its central lithium chemical plant Infraserv Industrial Park Höchst, in Frankfurt, which one of the largest major chemical and energy... 

The South African packaging industry continues to outperform the country’s GDP growth rate, driven by a number of sustained market forces. Population growth, urbanisation and rising income levels... 

Eramet said on Thursday it could talk to new investors about taking part in a €500-million capital increase that the struggling French mining group is planning for later this year. The nickel,...