2+ hour, 48+ min ago  (522+ words) CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill to regulate the country's mining as it seeks to attract leery foreign investors to a once-private industry that has long been exploited by criminal groups with ties to the government. It…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (461+ words) While many expect Arkansas to become a major lithium producer in the years to come, exactly what role it will play in the global market has yet to be determined. To help bring some clarity to that question, a panel…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (418+ words) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysia's government renewed Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths' operating license for 10 years but will require it to stop producing radioactive waste by 2031. The Lynas refinery in Malaysia, its first outside China producing minerals that are crucial for…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (974+ words) HANOI, Vietnam -- Indonesia is tightening state control over the world's largest nickel supply after years of betting the metal would anchor a homegrown electric-vehicle industry, and just as global demand begins shifting away from heavy reliance on nickel. Indonesia hoped…...

2+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (649+ words) Opposition to a deal that would allow U. S. companies access to critical minerals in Congo is growing after Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi returned from the U. S. minerals summit last week -- with praises from U. S. President Donald Trump and U. S. lawmakers. Tshisekedi has offered U. S. companies…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (688+ words) GOUVERNEUR, N. Y. -- Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous mineral found in everything from nuclear reactors to pencils seemed to make little sense when it could be imported inexpensively from other nations, especially…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (658+ words) As Arkansas wades into the lithium industry, companies are scooping up mineral rights and the state is adjusting to meet the new workforce needs. Adapting to the needs of the industry will have long-term ripples in the state, to the…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (34+ words) Three U. S. Senators are asking the U. S. Department of Defense to invoke a measure that would open up loans and purchase commitments from the federal government to the domestic lithium industry in. .....

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (81+ words) At Crater of Diamonds State Park, travelers from around the world arrive with shovels, wagons and the hope of striking gold -- or better yet, diamonds. Tucked away in Murfreesboro, this 37. 5-acre park. .. Charlotte de Arantes Oliveira is a features reporter…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (31+ words) Lafayette County Judge Valarie Clark said she knew there would be adjustments when the lithium industry came to town. Clark also said she knew that collaboration and communication between the new. .....