2026-08-14
Mining companies are adopting patriotic, U.S.-focused names to capture billions of dollars in federal funding aimed at reducing reliance on China, The Wall Street Journal reported. The rush has produced overlapping corporate names — including U.S. Critical Materials, U.S. Critical Metals and U.S. Critical Minerals — that have created confusion among industry investors and professionals. Several of the U.S.-named companies are headquartered or operate outside the United States, including Australia-based US1 Critical Minerals, whose major asset is uranium exploration rights in southern Tanzania.
2026-08-10
The Trump administration agreed to provide more than $2 billion in funding to companies producing batteries and critical minerals, the latest installment of federal money aimed at reducing U.S. reliance on Chinese suppliers, according to The Wall Street Journal. President Trump announced at a Friday roundtable with mining executives that the Defense Department has committed to lend next-generation battery company Sila Nanotechnologies $1.4 billion and signed deals with three other companies, the Journal reported.
2026-08-07
President Donald Trump will convene executives from some of the world's largest mining companies at the State Department on Friday as his administration intensifies efforts to secure domestic and allied supplies of critical minerals, according to The Guardian, citing Reuters.