Critical Minerals Ignite Geopolitical Storm

The clean energy economy of the future hinges on a lot of things, chief among them the availability of the scores of rare earth elements and other elements used to make everything from photovoltaic panels and cellphone displays to the permanent magnets...

China, Japan Minuet Around the Issue of Rare Earths

It’s official – China’s de facto monopoly on current rare earths production is a threat to the global economy. As least, that was the gist of hearings on 21 September by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee...

Elenilto Minerals And Sesa Goa Jointly Invest $2.6b in Iron Ore Deposits in Western Liberia

Elenilto Minerals and India’s largest private sector producer and exporter of iron ore, Sesa Goa, are to jointly invest $2.6 billion in the Western Cluster iron ore deposits in western Liberia, Elenilto said in a press statement APA received Wednesday.

Indian Company to Buy Mining Cluster in Liberia

India’s Sesa Goa limited has announced that it has signed a deal with the Israeli company Elenilto Minerals and Mining LLC for the purchase of a 51 percent stake in its cluster mining concession in the west of Liberia for $90 million.

Mozambique to Resume Tantalum Production By March 2010

The official Mozambique News Agency has said that tantalum production at the Marrupino mine in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia should resume by March 2010. The agency says the Marrupino mine is owned by the Highland African Mining Company...