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Gov makes case for Alaska critical minerals
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (1021+ words) Metal Tech News - September 8, 2026 Gov. Mike Dunleavy says Alaska has the geology and geography to be a critical minerals hub for the U.S. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is taking his case for developing the state's vast critical mineral resources to a…...
EXIM weighs $750M for Aclara rare earths
1+ week, 1+ day ago (761+ words) Metal Tech News - September 4, 2026 Aclara plans to supply Project Dynamo in Louisiana with rare earth carbonate produced from its South American ionic clay deposits. Advancing plans to build a heavy rare earths processing hub in the U.S., Aclara Resources Inc. has…...
Energy Fuels adds rare earth metals link
1+ week, 6+ day ago (677+ words) Metal Tech News - August 31, 2026 The ASM acquisition adds the metallization and alloys link to Energy Fuels' rare earths supply chain. Energy Fuels Inc. has closed its acquisition of Australian Strategic Materials Ltd., or ASM, adding an operating rare earth metals…...
U.S. and EU mineral alliance takes shape
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1537+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 Despite their shared exposure to concentrated foreign supply, the U.S. and EU entered the partnership with markedly different policy systems. Confronting a shared dependence on China for the rare earths and other minerals critical to defense, energy,…...
Tungsten hardens against Chinese pressure
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1529+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 Cemented carbide parts accounted for an estimated 60% of U.S. tungsten consumption in 2025, supporting drilling, machining, and manufacturing. Built into the tools that cut metal, the bits that drill rock, the counterweights to balance aircraft, and the alloys…...
Loosening Beijing's global graphite grip
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1582+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 High-purity, coated spherical graphite serves as the cathode that stores lithium during charging and discharging of lithium-ion batteries. Graphite has quietly become one of the largest vulnerabilities in Western supply chains supporting electric vehicles, energy storage,…...
Australia: A critical minerals cornerstone
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1512+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Albanese at the White House during the October 2025 signing of a critical minerals partnership. China's dominance across the mining, processing and refining of many minerals and metals critical to the…...
Why are 60 minerals critical to the US?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (208+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 With the addition of 10 new mined commodities critical to the agricultural, energy, defense, and high-tech sectors of America's economy – boron, copper, lead, metallurgical coal, phosphate, potash, rhenium, silicon, silver, and uranium – the list of minerals critical…...
Three paths to U.S. rare earth resilience
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1594+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 MP Materials, USA Rare Earth, and Energy Fuels are each assembling rare earth supply chains with mining, processing, metal, and magnet links. Sixteen years after Beijing halted shipments of rare earths to Japan over a dispute…...
War imperils Middle East mineral ambitions
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1584+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 The U.S.'s relations in the Middle East have largely been shaped by oil, security, trade, and the routes carrying energy from the Persian Gulf and Red Sea to world markets. That relationship made Saudi Arabia and…...