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Albemarle's 29% slide reflects weak lithium prices and near-term margin pressure, but project ramp-ups and cost savings offer support.

USA Rare Earth's magnet production milestone marks progress, but rising costs and a $77.3M loss highlight ongoing profitability challenges.

(RTTNews) - Rio Tinto (RIO, RIO.L, RTNTF, RIO.AX) and Ngarlawangga Aboriginal Corporation have signed an Interim Modernised Agreement, reinforcing their partnership and delivering long-term benefits for the Ngarlawangga People, the Anglo-Australian mining giant said in a statemen...

Ukraine's Drone Warfare Devouring 4% Of Global Germanium Demand As China Chokes Supplies Our coverage of rare earths dates back to President Trump's first trade war, when we warned that "Rare Earths Are China's Most Potent Weapon In A Trade War." What followed was predictable. During...

Barclays Warns Next Commodity Shock Is Taking Shape: What You Need To Know Wall Street coverage of a record-breaking Super El Ni?o is only growing as agricultural commodities break out. Yet the rally extends well beyond the agricultural complex, with industrial metals and other...

Albemarle's shares have slumped as lithium prices retreat, but rising demand, project ramp-ups and productivity gains support its long-term outlook.

ALB's 28% slide reflects weak lithium prices and near-term margin pressure, but project ramp-ups and cost savings offer support.

Nobody opens a mine to produce gallium, and nobody opens one to produce scandium. Gallium comes out of bauxite refining and, in smaller volumes, zinc processing. Scandium was produced exclusively as a by-product in 2025, mostly from nickel and titanium streams and processed residues, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Both sit on the USGS list of 60 critical minerals published in November 2025, alongside every rare earth element. By-product supply does not answer to its own price. It answers to whatever the host metal is doing. That structure is why a near-surface system carrying all ...

Nobody opens a mine to produce gallium, and nobody opens one to produce scandium. Gallium comes out of bauxite refining and, in smaller volumes, zinc processing. Scandium was produced exclusively as a by-product in 2025, mostly from nickel and titanium streams and processed residues, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Both sit on the USGS list of 60 critical minerals published in November 2025, alongside every rare earth element. By-product supply does not answer to its own price. It answers to whatever the host metal is doing. That structure is why a near-surface system carrying all ...