Category: Mining
After Washington Talks, U.S. and EU Moves on Critical Minerals Put China and Global South at Center
The Washington critical minerals talks have already begun translating into policy. Within hours of the meeting, U.S. lawmakers and allies announced a coordinated set of proposals—from expanded export finance to strategic stockpiles—signaling a faster, more interventionist push to loosen China’s grip on global ...
Nigeria’s NNPC in Talks With Chinese Company on Refinery, CEO Says
By Camillus Eboh NNPC chief executive Bayo Ojulari said the company was seeking experienced operators as equity partners to revive its four refineries after years of losses and underperformance. He said an internal review carried ...
China Announces Plans to Stockpile Commodities
The Chinese government has announced wide-ranging plans to build up its reserves of both mineral and agricultural commodities. The move comes as the Trump administration announced its Project Vault, a plan to stockpile supplies of critical minerals, including lithium, nickel, cobalt, ...
U.S. Targets China’s Dominance in Africa’s Critical Minerals With New Stockpile Plan
The United States is moving to build new stockpiles of critical minerals as part of an effort aimed at countering China’s dominance over supply chains that run through Africa and other parts of the Global South and underpin clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and defense industries. ...
Trump Launches $12 Billion Minerals Stockpile to Counter China
By Ernest Scheyder and Jarrett Renshaw U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans on Monday to launch a strategic stockpile of critical minerals backed by $10 billion in seed funding from the U.S. Export-Import Bank. "For ...
U.S. to Buy 100,000 Tonnes of Congolese Copper Sourced From a Chinese-Run Mine
The United States is going to source 100,000 tonnes of copper from the state-owned mining company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gécamines, ostensibly to help the U.S. diversify its sourcing of the red metal beyond China-controlled supply chains. What's ...
Mozambique’s President Opens Chinese-Owned Graphite Processing Plant
Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo opened a 200,000 metric ton per year graphite processing plant at a Chinese-owned mine on Friday, as the south-east African country boosts output of the battery mineral. Annual global mined graphite production is 1.6 million metric tons, ...
Pacific Island Bougainville Rejects Chinese Partner for Mine That Will Fund Independence
The Pacific island of Bougainville has rejected a partnership with Chinese miner CMOC to reopen a gold and copper mine that was among the world's largest before it was shut by a bloody civil war, instead opting to deal with an Indian company. With ...
Africa’s Mining Crackdown Signals a Strategic Shift for Chinese Operators
Citing the Portuguese news site Jornal Notícias, Cape of Good Hope Observations 好望观察, a WeChat public account that tracks African industry, recently drew the attention of Chinese readers to a small incident in Mozambique that went largely unnoticed in English-language media. ...
Guinea’s Bauxite Exports Jump 25% to 183 Million Tons in 2025 on Chinese Demand
By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila Guinea's bauxite exports rose 25% in 2025 to 182.8 million metric tons, official data seen by Reuters showed, cementing its dominance in aluminum ore supply. A record 74% of shipments went ...
Congo Invites U.S. Investors Into Key Mineral Projects, Amid Global Push to Diversify From China
By Ange Kasongo The Democratic Republic of Congo has sent Washington a shortlist of state-owned assets - including manganese, copper-cobalt, gold, and lithium projects - for U.S. investors to consider as part of a minerals partnership, two senior Congolese officials said. ...
Japan to Test Deep Sea Rare Earth Mining to Cut China Reliance
Japan embarks Sunday on what it says is the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000 metres -- greater than the height of Mount Fuji -- to curb dependence on China. A Japanese deep-sea ...