December 2025

Welcome to the December Crucible Welcome to the final 2025 edition of the MMTA’s Crucible magazine. As we look already into the New Year, with the holidays approaching, and for…

The UK government’s ten-year Critical Minerals Strategy, Vision 2035 released in late November, is tied to its Industrial Strategy published in the summer. That singled out key grow sectors: defence,…

On 17th December, the European commission adopted  a new package on its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), as the transitional 2023-2025 period of the carbon emissions control measure ends and…

  EU imposes safeguard measures on ferroalloy imports Tariff-rate quotas set to reduce imports by 25% Measures aim to protect EU producers from injury The EU on Nov. 18 officially…

On Radioisotopes Dear MMTA Members, My goodness I feel old! I trekked over to the UK in October to “celebrate” the 50th anniversary of my matriculation at university. Not surprisingly,…

In February of this year, Zambian police chased some criminals into the township of Kansanshi near the copper smelter, shooting wildly. In the crossfire a young girl called Bukata (13…

In December 2025, the European Commission  adopted a new action plan called RESourceEU.  The strategy is designed to speed up the implementation of the European Union Critical Raw Materials Act…

The 2026 European lithium-ion battery cell gigafactory landscape is poised for a transformative step-change, with capacity set to surge as existing facilities ramp up and a new wave of players…

  The steps required before an onerous or unusual term of a contract will be held to be binding A recent case in the English Court of Appeal refines what…