Commerce and Trade Minister of India Piyush Goyal and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo signed their names to an agreement promising to cooperate on strengthening supply chains in the two countries for lithium, cobalt and other critical minerals. The Commerce Department said in a statement on October 3 that the now-inked memorandum of understanding aims to build resilience for critical…
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Canada to streamline permitting process: Energy Minister
Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson told Reuters that the country plans to boost its energy security by slashing the time it takes to develop new critical mineral mines. “(We’re) looking at how do we optimize the regulatory and permanent processes so you can take what is a 12- to 15-year process and bring it down to…
Read MoreLink between mine permitting reform, national security
The following is an op-ed from Minerals Make Life and has been edited only for space and style. Lithium. Copper. Nickel. What do you think of when you hear those minerals? Most people hear “lithium” and immediately think of electric vehicles – in particular, the batteries that power them. However, well-known minerals often have uses beyond what most people expect.…
Read MoreAlabama Graphite breaks ground on historical processing plant
Alabama Graphite Products, a subsidiary of Colorado-based Westwater Resources, has started construction on the first-of-its-kind graphite processing plant in Kellyton, Ala. Once fully operational, it is expected to produce 7,500 metric tons of refined graphite annually.
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