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Global Molybdenum Production Falls While Usage Rises in Q2 2026
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Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT
Global molybdenum production fell 3% to 167.2 million pounds (mlbs) in Q2 2026, compared with the same quarter of the previous year, and fell 1% from the previous quarter, figures released by the International Molybdenum Association (IMOA) …
https://www.imoa.info/news-events-blog/latest-news-details.php?objectID=843&lang=en


Imoa’s Largest-Ever AGM Concludes a Successful Year
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT
IMOA was delighted to welcome a record 180 delegates, representing 64 member organizations to our 38th AGM in Salt Lake City, USA. During the event, the Association ratified and welcomed the following three members: Luonan County Jiulong …
https://www.imoa.info/news-events-blog/latest-news-details.php?objectID=842&lang=en


Mamba’s Copper Hills Rethink Points to New Copper Style
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Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT
Mamba Exploration (ASX:M24) has identified potential for sediment-hosted copper mineralisation…
https://mining.com.au/mambas-copper-hills-rethink-points-to-new-copper-style/


Fortune, Tłı̨Chǫ Granted Nico Road Funding
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Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:57:00 GMT
NRCan conditionally commits up to C$50M to connect critical metals mine in NWT to nations' highway system. As Ottawa pushes to move more Canadian critical minerals from remote deposits to market, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has conditionally approved up to C$50 million for a Fortune Minerals Ltd.–Tłı̨chǫ Government joint venture to build an access road connecting the NICO bismuth-cobalt-…
https://www.miningnewsnorth.com/story/2026/07/03/news/fortune-tch-granted-nico-road-funding/9745.html


Drc is Sending in the Military to Guard Mines and Critical Minerals. ...
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Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT
The DRC is one of the most resource rich countries in the world. Wikimedia Commons May 17, 2026 DRC is sending in the military to guard mines and critical minerals. Will it be enough? James Boafo, Murdoch University; Alex Owusu Amoakoh, Liverpool John Moores University; Jacob Obodai, Liverpool John Moores University, and Senyo Dotsey, Università di Torino Security measures alone are insufficient to resolve resource governance challenges in the DRC.
https://theconversation.com/drc-is-sending-in-the-military-to-guard-mines-and-critical-minerals-will-it-be-enough-282273


Alaska Energy Metals Advances Nikolai
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Thu, 14 May 2026 12:46:00 GMT
Focused on permitting, funding, and optimizing critical mineral recoveries at large nickel project. Alaska Energy Metals Corp. May 14 provided an update on permitting, funding, and metallurgical activities related to its Nikolai nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum group metal (PGM) project in Alaska. Lying about 50 miles south of Delta Junction, Alaska, the Eureka Zone deposit at Nikolai hosts 1.19…
https://www.miningnewsnorth.com/story/2026/05/15/news-nuggets/alaska-energy-metals-advances-nikolai/9676.html


Global Molybdenum Production and Use Rises in 2025
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Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT
Global production of molybdenum was at 672.6 million pounds (mlbs) in 2025, a rise of 4% from 648.3 mlbs in 2024, figures released by the International Molybdenum Association (IMOA) show. Global usage rose 3% to 671.8 mlbs from 653.6 mlbs …
https://www.imoa.info/news-events-blog/latest-news-details.php?objectID=835&lang=en


Vale to Sell Manitoba Nickel Complex to Investor Group
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Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT
Brazilian mining giant Vale (NYSE: VALE) is selling control of Manitoba’s Thompson nickel mine complex to a trio of investors that agreed to inject up to US$200 million ($280 million)…
https://www.northernminer.com/news/vale-to-sell-manitoba-nickel-complex-to-investor-group/1003887934/


Nickel and Cobalt Out, Co2 in at Turnagain
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Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:34:00 GMT
Giga Metals formalizes partnership with Arca to explore CO2 storage at future Northern BC mine. Could a future mine at Turnagain permanently lock away more than 200 million tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide, while also producing more than 2 billion pounds of nickel and cobalt needed for the clean energy transition? Giga Metals Corp. believes so and has formalized a partnership with Arca Climate…
https://www.miningnewsnorth.com/story/2026/01/16/news/nickel-and-cobalt-out-co2-in-at-turnagain/9492.html


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