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The United States is a federal republic in North America, bordered by Canada to the north, Mexico to the south, the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Its capital is Washington, DC, and its largest city is New York. With a population exceeding 330-million, the US has the world's largest economy, measured by nominal gross domestic product, and is a leading centre for technology, finance, manufacturing and services. The country operates as a constitutional democracy with a presidential system, comprising 50 states and several territories. Its currency is the US dollar, which serves as the dominant global reserve currency and is widely used in international trade and finance. The US is a founding member of the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and it plays a central role in global economic and security affairs. Major exports include aircraft, machinery, pharmaceuticals, petroleum products and agricultural commodities such as soybeans and maize. The economy is characterised by high levels of innovation, a large consumer market and significant foreign direct investment flows. Key sectors include information technology, healthcare, energy, aerospace and financial services. The US is also a major source of development assistance and health research funding, supporting programmes in HIV treatment, vaccine development and disease surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions.

United States News


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Industrial metals post mixed third-quarter performance, downside risks persist
Updated 5 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Industrial metals have come under broad pressure in recent weeks, falling 3.3% month-on-month as of October 7, as expectations of a more hawkish US Federal Reserve weighed on sentiment across the... 


Lithium
US agency to do more equity investing in Africa, official says
9th October 2026 By: Reuters

The US International ​Development Finance Corp plans to increase direct equity investments, including in Africa and the critical minerals sector, the agency's Africa head said, as the US steps up... 


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Pilot Mountain tungsten project, US
9th October 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

The Pilot Mountain tungsten project proposes the construction of a 4 000 t/d processing plant using flotation recovery methods to produce a tungsten concentrate. 


Raw copper produced in Zambia
Zambia says it is negotiating US minerals deal after 'decoupling' from health pact
8th October 2026 By: Reuters

Zambia is negotiating a critical minerals deal with the US government after "decoupling" it from a separate health funding agreement it signed on Thursday, its foreign minister said. "There was... 


Aclara Metals demonstration plant
Aclara, CAP inaugurate Chile rare earth metals, alloys demo plant
8th October 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-listed rare earths developer Aclara Resources and its joint venture (JV) partner CAP have launched a demonstration plant to develop the technology to produce rare earth metals and alloys at... 


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TNR Gold receives buyout offer from shareholder Altius
8th October 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed TNR Gold has entered into an exclusivity arrangement with shareholder Altius Minerals Corporation, after receiving an unsolicited nonbinding proposal from Altius regarding the... 


Titan Mining's Empire State Mine
Titan Mining signs preliminary deal with US Army for Alabama graphite facility
7th October 2026 By: Reuters

Titan Mining said on Wednesday its subsidiary signed a preliminary agreement with the US Department of the Army outlining commercial terms for a proposed graphite processing facility in Alabama.... 


Rendering of EVelution Energy's planned cobalt facility in Arizona
EVelution progressing America's first solar-powered, commercial-scale cobalt refinery with innovative funding strategy
7th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

A US company developing America's first commercial-scale, solar-powered cobalt sulphate and cobalt metal processing facility, EVelution Energy, has garnered approval from US Citizenship and... 


IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva
IMF chief warns energy shock, growing debt and AI risks threaten global growth
7th October 2026 By: Reuters

The global economy is under threat from persistently high energy prices, record public debt and risks from the AI investment boom, International Monetary Fund MD Kristalina Georgieva warned on... 


Uranium
Australian uranium miners rally after Google's power deal with Constellation Energy
7th October 2026 By: Reuters

Australian uranium miners logged their best session in weeks on Wednesday after Alphabet's Google agreed to buy power from US nuclear energy major Constellation Energy, potentially raising the... 


Anorthosite rock
Greenland Mines increases ownership in anorthosite producer AnorTech to 19.9%
6th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Nasdaq- and Frankfurt-listed Greenland Mines has exercised in full its option to acquire an additional 9.9% stake in Canadian anorthosite producer AnorTech, which owns the Gronne Bjerg project, in... 


Aluminium bars
Investment firm Heeney celebrates return of aluminium shipments from Venezuela to US
6th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

US investment firm Heeney Capital has celebrated the arrival and unloading of the first shipment of primary aluminium to the US from Venezuela in nearly a decade. The 15 000-t shipment arrived at... 


Critical mineral symbols
Three-way merger between Special Project Delivery, Mobix Labs, Winner Water secures rare earths supply chain
6th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

California-based supply chain builder Special Project Delivery (SPD) has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with a US-based rare earths company called Winner Water Services.... 


Westwin Elements nickel refinery
Westwin Elements to invest $502m in Mississippi nickel refinery
6th October 2026 By: Reuters

Westwin Elements said on Monday it plans to invest $502-million over five years to build a commercial-scale Class 1 nickel refinery in Natchez, Mississippi, as the US seeks to expand domestic... 


US Vice President JD Vance
Vance says details of proposed Alaska LNG pipeline need to be worked out
6th October 2026 By: Reuters

US Vice President JD Vance said on Monday that a long-planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline in Alaska was going to happen, but there were still some details that needed to be worked out with... 


Vanadium pentoxide
Vanadium Resources confirm co-production viability of iron, vanadium at South African project
5th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

A scoping study on ASX-listed Vanadium Resources' proposed V-Iron plant, in South Africa, has confirmed the potential for a long-term source of vanadium raw material supply to the US and allied... 


Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
Canada to fast track oil pipeline designed to diversify economy away from US
2nd October 2026 By: Reuters

Canada will fast track the approval process for a new proposed crude oil export pipeline to its west coast that could generate over C$20-billion ($14-billion) a year in GDP, Prime Minister Mark... 


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Green River lithium project, US
2nd October 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Critical minerals company Anson Resources is developing the Green River lithium project as a direct lithium extraction brine operation to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate. 


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Black Pine oxide gold project, US
2nd October 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

US-focused mineral exploration and development company Liberty Gold Corp has proposed the construction of a conventional openpit, run-of-mine, heap-leach operation producing gold and silver doré.  


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Green River lithium project, US – update
2nd October 2026 By: Sheila Barradas

Anson Resources has signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with specialist metals and minerals trader Wogen Resources America and critical minerals financing adviser Xcelsior Capital... 


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