Tantalum mining and brutal conflict in eastern Congo go hand in hand For over three decades, a conflict has raged in Central Africa that has rarely made the front pages since the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been very tense for several months. UN observers fear that the region is on the brink of a regional war. […]
The Institute for Rare Earths and Metals AG supports the Palladium Challenge 2021 Nornickel, the world's largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, announces the start of the Palladium Challenge, a competition with prize money of USD 350.000, which in partnership with the International Precious Metals Institute [...]
ISE Newsletter Scroll down for information in English Contents: We are looking for min. 500kg copper powder min. 99,999x% investing in rare earths and metals Summary: We are searching for ultra dispersive copper powder Investing in rare earth elements and strategic metals Scroll down for information in English Dear ISE customers, a well-known ISE customer is looking for [...]
Investing in Rare Earths and Critical Metals The Institute for Rare Earths and Strategic Metals (ISE) has been following the idea of Deporia since 2018, as we were called in from the start to bring in our knowledge of the raw material markets. The idea was to invest in rare earths and strategic metals on the bare essentials [...]
Prestige Bullion, a JV between the South African Mint and the Rand Refinery, has announced that it will deliver a new line of physical platinum investment products suitable for retail investors. This step marks the first entry vBig 5 on Prestige Bullion into the platinum bullion market. The Big 5 themed bullion coin will be part of a multi-year range that [...]
Rio Tinto begins producing lithium in California from old mining waste. The Rio Tinto Group is starting a pilot production of lithium in California, searching old mining debris rather than exploring new locations as the battery revolution in electric cars drives demand for the material. The reprocessing of garbage dumps from a 90-year-old mining site in the [...]
New environmentally conscious thinking is also very costly for the metal industry. Metal producers, from miners to smelters, are faced with increasingly strict and expensive environmental requirements imposed by banks in search of cleaner investments. While the switch can prove insurmountable for smaller producers, large companies have a long window of opportunity [...]
Vancouver Company QMC Produces Lithium Oxide Concentrate in China Vancouver-based QMC Quantum Minerals (TSXV: QMC) announced that it has entered into a partnership with a publicly traded company in China to serve the battery metal market. QMC sent mineral samples from its Irgon lithium mine in Manitoba, central Canada, to Guangxi Non-Ferrous Limu Mining in China for […]
GERMAN RAW MATERIAL: CURRENT DRILLING IN USA SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER BUDGET Profitability of Rhein Petroleum drilling confirmed / New bond planned Mannheim. Drilling from the Olander site, which Cub Creek Energy began in June and completed in September, will be completed next week. Production is expected to start in December. Due to the current decline in activities in the US oil [...]
New Data Portal to Promote Mining in Uganda A New Zealand company specializing in geosciences, modeling and collaborative technologies has launched the Uganda Geoscience Data Portal, which is primarily aimed at promoting mineral exploration and making it better Support decision-making in the early stages of production in the country. [...]