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The UK’s Critical Minerals Association, in partnership with Metal Events, is holding its first Critical Metals and Materials Conference in London on 22-23 March 2023. MMTA members are entitled to…

Project Blue’s inaugural Critical Materials Conference: AEROSPACE & DEFENCE 2026 is coming to in Washington, DC.

Join Project Blue  and the MMTA during LME Week for an afternoon of presentations on critical raw materials for strategic industries, metal markets discussion and networking drinks.

The US Department of Defense has awarded two grants worth $200,000 to Perpetua Resources to study the potential for military-grade antimony production from its Stibnite Gold Project in Idaho. If…

In this section we bring you the latest briefings from our partner association, the CRM Alliance on legislative developments in the European union that impact of critical raw material  industries…

By Tamara Alliot In recent years, Mexico has steadily been climbing the ranks to become a global player in the Aerospace and Defence (A&D) industry.  Mexico has some unique attributes…

How scandium and yttrium shortages are tightening aerospace and semiconductor supply chains Shortages of yttrium and scandium are exposing a critical weakness in advanced manufacturing supply chains. Despite their tiny…

Early bird rate ends on 19 May on the NEW Specialty Chemicals & Critical Materials Training, by S&P Global held in-person in London on 30 June-1 July 2026. MMTA Members…

Hydrovolt JV begins battery recycling in Norway Hydrovolt, the battery recycling joint-venture between battery maker Northvolt and aluminium group Hydro, has commenced commercial recycling operations in Fredrikstad, southern Norway. Hydrovolt…

Dear MMTA Members, Welcome to your February-March edition of the MMTA magazine, the Crucible. After the Lunar New Year holidays in February, that are already feeling like a lifetime ago,…

Not yet plain sailing As this issue went to press, the first French and Saudi tankers carrying crude oil were reported to have crossed the Strait of Hormuz after President…

Part 10: Standing at the threshold Retired  metal merchant, Anthony Lipmann, illuminates trading for the young entering the world of metals. As you pause at the threshold of your career,…

The  NEW Specialty Chemicals & Critical Materials Training by S&P Global equips you with the knowledge to drive in growing AI, electrification and defense markets.

The European Space Forum will return to Brussels in 2023, and will once again bring together key stakeholders and thought leaders for 2 full days of face-to-face debate. Focussing on…

Dear Members I’m back! And it is great to be writing to you again. Robust supply chains for, and an adequate supply of, strategic and critical materials are, once more,…

Good Morning! This Sunday morning, here in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, I am looking out on around six inches of pristine snow. We have been hit by part of a large…

A “Pincer” Movement to Secure Supply Chains? Dear Members   Good Morning! Once again, a Sunday morning here in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The weather’s actually quite decent at the moment:…

The US Government and Critical Materials   Dear MMTA Members,   Good afternoon, once again from Cleveland Heights, Ohio. And it is a stunning afternoon here: crisp, bright and with…

  Dear Members, Before moving on, in my next piece, to such topics as space mining and ion propulsion drives, I thought it would be fun to take a brief…

    Dear MMTA Members, First, an announcement. The MMTA wishes to inform you that the MMTA’s International Minor Metals Conference 2026 will now take place at the Hyatt Regency…