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Critical minerals and strategic materials play a vital role in transformative technologies including greener construction, electric vehicles, solar panels, wind panels and batteries. Demand is expected to skyrocket in the next ten years and the US Department of Energy has deemed these minerals and materials critical because of their role in producing cleaner energy across the globe. These critical minerals are at risk of supply chain disruption from political, regulatory and social factors as well as supply and production availability.
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Wogen Resources has signed a binding offtake agreement with Australian antimony miner Larvotto Resources for the sales rights of the miner’s upcoming antimony-gold concentrate produced during the first seven years of mining, the companies confirmed with Fastmarkets on Monday December 2.
Liberty Steel will idle operations at its Peoria, Illinois, facility starting Monday December 9 through “at least” February 3 “due to a shortage of wire rod and financial difficulties,” an industry observer familiar with the company’s operations said on Monday December 2.
Gallium, germanium and magnesium were listed among the top 10 priority materials that could face significant supply chain disruptions, according to a report published by the British Geological Survey (BGS)-hosted Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC) on Thursday November 28.
The price of lithium is falling, but some Western companies have recently announced more investments in the Lithium Triangle – a region of South America comprising parts of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia.
The Lithium Triangle, a region of South America comprising Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, has proven potential in lithium production, but each country faces its own specific challenges.
The countries that comprise the Lithium Triangle currently control more than 50% of global lithium resources, with production concentrated in the salt flats regions of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, where there are lithium brine deposits.
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