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DOE supports mining tech proving grounds
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (681+ words) Metal Tech News - September 10, 2026 DOE has selected four projects to create mining technology proving grounds and training sites. To help turn the United States' in-the-ground mineral potential into secure critical mineral supply chains, the U.S. Department of Energy has selected four…...
Franklin PEA outlines $5B Texas lithium
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (801+ words) Metal Tech News - September 8, 2026 Franklin is modeled to produce up to 70,000 metric tons of battery-quality lithium carbonate annually over a 20-year operating life. Advancing its first defined lithium project in East Texas, Smackover Lithium unveiled the results of a preliminary…...
Gov makes case for Alaska critical minerals
5+ day, 14+ 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…...
LG locks in South West Arkansas lithium
1+ week, 6+ day ago (591+ words) Metal Tech News - August 31, 2026 South West Arkansas is designed to produce 22,500 metric tons of battery-quality lithium carbonate annually, with commercial production targeted for 2029. Smackover Lithium has signed a binding 10-year offtake agreement with LG Energy Solution for 8,000 metric tons of…...
USAC ramps up antimony mining in Montana
2+ week, 5+ day ago (665+ words) Metal Tech News - August 25, 2026 United States Antimony Corp. reports that it is delivering a steady flow of antimony ore from its Stibnite Hill mine in Montana as it builds a domestic mines-to-metals supply chain for the critical metalloid. Since resuming…...
A convergence elevates copper criticality
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1666+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 AI is expected to add 1.4 million metric tons of new and previously unanticipated annual copper demand by 2040. Copper is rapidly evolving from the industrial metal that electrified the 20th century into one of the most strategically important…...
U.S. and EU mineral alliance takes shape
2+ week, 6+ 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,…...
Fluorspar reliance reaches beyond the mine
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1150+ words) Metal Tech News - August 24, 2026 Fluorspar is prepared either for direct high-temperature use or conversion into fluorine chemicals. With the United States dependent on imports for nearly all its fluorspar and several chemicals made from it, the mineral sits at the…...
Loosening Beijing's global graphite grip
2+ week, 6+ 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, 6+ 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…...