Mining giant Rio Tinto has officially broken ground on a pilot plant in Saguenay, Quebec, marking a significant step in its ambitious project to produce high-purity gallium metal. The R&D initiative, which successfully extracted its first gallium in May 2025, aims to validate a proprietary extraction process at an industrial scale. The new pilot facility […]
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Congo's cobalt restrictions highlight China's vulnerability in vital metals
Congo’s move to impose export quotas on cobalt is shaking the global metal market, highlighting the hidden vulnerability in China’s supply chain. The DRC has rewritten the rulebook in the battery market by imposing export quotas on cobalt, highlighting the dependence of China, the global metal powerhouse, on the rest of the world for its […]
Gold heads for seventh straight monthly gain on safe-haven demand
Gold prices were little changed on Friday, set to post their seventh successive month of gains, as concerns over US tariffs and US-Iran tension increased the metal’s safe-haven appeal. Spot gold lost 0.1% to $5,181.18 per ounce at 0837 GMT. It has risen 6.5% so far this month, putting the seven-month winning run up by […]