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DOE supports mining tech proving grounds
2+ day, 11+ 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
4+ day, 12+ 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
4+ day, 12+ 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…...
Neo and Carester forge rare earths deal
1+ week, 4+ day ago (646+ words) Metal Tech News - September 1, 2026 Neo Performance Materials has secured heavy rare earths for magnets to be produced at its new plant in Narva, Estonia. Neo Performance Materials Inc. and Carester SAS have struck a deal that connects rare earth separation,…...
LG locks in South West Arkansas lithium
1+ week, 5+ 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…...
Energy Fuels adds rare earth metals link
1+ week, 5+ 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…...
Silver47 and Bunker Hill lock in merger
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1349+ words) Metal Tech News - August 25, 2026 The Bunker Hill silver-zinc-lead mine in Idaho is expected to anchor the merged company's portfolio. Bunker Hill Mining Corp. and Silver47 Exploration Corp. have signed a definitive merger agreement that would combine Bunker Hill's zinc-lead-silver mine in…...
USAC ramps up antimony mining in Montana
2+ week, 4+ 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, 5+ 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…...