Here is a sampling of online events held in September 2025 on the subject of critical minerals – almost all of them overlooked by media and attended by mere dozens of people.
The 31 events listed total more than 34 hours of expert-level discussions – a full workweek of unmonitored, high-value information-sharing.
(Scroll further down for information on each event)
Event Summaries (by date)
- Sept 2 — US Department of Energy: Domestic Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chains
- Sept 4 — Emerging Opportunities for Beneficial Recovery of Critical Minerals from Metal-Impacted Waters
- Sept 4 — Locksley Resources: Mojave Project Update
- Sept 5 — Mining and Metallurgical Society of America: Good Samaritan Hard Rock Law and the 2025 AML Summit
- Sept 8 — Penn State University: An Embarrassment of Riches
- Sept 11 — Lux Research: Are Critical Minerals Fueling or Failing the Future of Green Hydrogen?
- Sept 11 — Rare Earth Exchanges Podcast: Permitting Council on Fast-Tracking Critical Minerals
- Sept 15 — LIQUIT Voices: Onde Fica o Vale do Lítio? (Where Is the Lithium Valley?)
- Sept 15 — Minerals Metals Initiative: Breaking Down the MP Materials Deal
- Sept 15 — J.P. Morgan: Rare Earths, Real Impact
- Sept 15 — Southern Economic Development Council: China, Supply Chains, and U.S. Competitiveness
- Sept 16 — Codepink: Critical Minerals or Imperial Plunder
- Sept 17 — Creamer Media / Mining Weekly: How ESG Commitments Are Shaping Business Success
- Sept 18 — Mining Review Africa: Lobito Corridor — A Gamechanger for African Mining
- Sept 18 — World Trade Organization: Ask the Experts: Critical Minerals
- Sept 18 — InvestorTV Live: Strategic Resources for a Powered Future
- Sept 19 — Innovation Forum: Streamlining Standards in Critical Minerals
- Sept 21 — Milken Institute Global Conference: Critical Minerals, Critical Risks
- Sept 22 — Impossible Metals: AI for Responsible Deep-Sea Minerals Targeting
- Sept 24 — Friends of Europe: Spotlight on Critical Raw Materials
- Sept 25 — US Department of Energy / ENERGYWERX: TRACE-Ga Funding Initiative
- Sept 25 — Dig Deep Podcast: Rare Earths & Copper — Inside New Frontier Minerals’ Strategy
- Sept 25 — Global Mining Review: The Digital Mine 2025
- Sept 25 — Australian Geothermal Association: Perspectives on Geothermal Energy in Mining
- Sept 25 — Rare Earth Exchanges Podcast: Tim Harrison (Ionic Rare Earths)
- Sept 26 — Shell Mining View 2025: Innovation, Policy Shifts, and Sustainability in Mining
- Sept 29 — US Department of Energy: National Lab Capabilities and Critical Materials Collaboration
- Sept 30 — Critical Materials Innovation Hub: Community Perspectives on the Critical Minerals Boom
- Sept 30 — Brookings Institution: Leveraging US–Africa Critical Mineral Opportunities
- Sept 30 — Resources Radio Podcast: An Unprecedented Investment in US Rare Earth Elements
- Sept 30 — Fastmarkets: Navigating the Critical Minerals Supply Chain Challenge
- Sept 30 — Uranium Royalty Corp Podcast: Global Uranium Market Outlook
Sept 2 — US Department of Energy: Domestic Critical Minerals and Materials Supply Chains
Format: Online workshop — 90 minutes
Participants: Officials from the DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, ARPA-E, and national-security analysts.
Topic: U.S. policy framework for rebuilding domestic rare-earth and lithium supply chains.
Relevance: Shows where government funding and policy are channeled into supply-chain security and domestic processing.
Sept 4 — Emerging Opportunities for Beneficial Recovery of Critical Minerals from Metal-Impacted Waters
Format: Webinar — 75 minutes
Participants: Dr Jeffrey Gillow (Arcadis) and mine-remediation specialists.
Topic: Recovery of critical minerals from wastewater and mine drainage.
Relevance: Highlights a circular-economy play where remediation plus recovery create new asset classes.
Sept 4 — Locksley Resources: Mojave Project Update
Format: Investor webcast — 45 minutes
Participants: Management of Locksley Resources, advisors from GreenMet and Rice University.
Topic: Updates on exploration and low-emission antimony recovery at U.S. projects.
Relevance: Early-stage exposure to U.S. antimony and rare-earth supply near existing infrastructure, relevant for onshoring themes.
Sept 5 — Mining and Metallurgical Society of America: Good Samaritan Hard Rock Law and the 2025 AML Summit
Format: Webinar — 60 minutes
Participants: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials and mining-policy experts.
Topic: Reprocessing of legacy mine waste to recover minerals while cleaning up abandoned sites.
Relevance: Opens low-risk pathways for recovery from tailings and legacy sites, aligning cleanup with metal recovery.
Sept 8 — Penn State University Seminar: An Embarrassment of Riches
Format: Academic webinar — 60 minutes
Participants: Dr Ned Mamula and U.S. geological researchers.
Topic: Need for updated national geological mapping to locate critical mineral deposits.
Relevance: Signals a shift toward increased exploration and mapping funding — early upstream investment cues.
Sept 11 — Lux Research: Are Critical Minerals Fueling or Failing the Future of Green Hydrogen?
Format: Webinar — 60 minutes
Participants: Analysts from Lux Research and clean-energy consultants.
Topic: Supply-chain challenges for materials essential to hydrogen production.
Relevance: Direct tie-in between raw-material risk and hydrogen project economics — relevant for transition-themed investors.
Sept 11 — Rare Earth Exchanges Podcast: Permitting Council on Fast-Tracking Critical Minerals
Format: Podcast — 35 minutes
Participants: Emily Domenech (Federal Permitting Improvement Council) and industry stakeholders.
Topic: U.S. reforms to accelerate mine permitting and project approval.
Relevance: Major regulatory de-risk initiative for future mining projects — earliest signal of project acceleration.
Sept 15 — LIQUIT Voices: Onde Fica o Vale do Lítio? (Where Is the Lithium Valley?)
Format: Webinar — 75 minutes
Participants: Academics and activists from Brazil, Zimbabwe, and the U.S.
Topic: Global social and environmental dynamics of lithium extraction zones.
Relevance: Spotlights social-license and stakeholder-risk factors in new lithium-region plays.
Sept 15 — Minerals Metals Initiative: Breaking Down the MP Materials Deal
Format: Podcast — 40 minutes
Participants: Major General (Ret.) Al Rosende and Peter O’Rourke.
Topic: U.S. Department of Defense partnership models for rare-earth investment.
Relevance: Useful precedent for deal structures that bridge policy, supply-chain security, and investment.
Sept 15 — J.P. Morgan: What’s the Deal? Rare Earths, Real Impact
Format: Podcast — 30 minutes
Participants: J.P. Morgan Natural Resources M&A team.
Topic: Financial implications of U.S. strategic investment in rare-earth magnet capacity.
Relevance: Shows how big finance and policy converge in the rare-earths sector — relevant to institutional investors.
Sept 15 — Southern Economic Development Council: Rare Earths and Critical Minerals: China, Supply Chains, and U.S. Competitiveness
Format: Webinar — 60 minutes
Participants: Dr Gracelin Baskaran (CSIS) and Josh Ballard (USA Rare Earth).
Topic: U.S.–China competition in rare-earth processing and domestic rebuilding efforts.
Relevance: Reinforces the strategic-investment story behind rare earths and industrial policy.
Sept 16 — Codepink: Critical Minerals or Imperial Plunder
Format: Webinar — 75 minutes
Participants: Activists from the London Mining Network, Shadow World Investigations, and Congolese Action Youth Platform.
Topic: Ethical and geopolitical critiques of mineral extraction in developing regions.
Relevance: Signals reputational and ESG risk factors in minerals investment — important for due diligence.
Sept 17 — Creamer Media / Mining Weekly: How ESG Commitments Are Shaping Business Success
Format: Webinar — 60 minutes
Participants: Mining executives and sustainability experts.
Topic: Influence of ESG performance on mining finance and project approval.
Relevance: Useful for assessing risk premium and financing discipline in mining companies.
Sept 18 — Mining Review Africa: Lobito Corridor: A Gamechanger for the African Mining Sector
Format: Webinar — 60 minutes
Participants: Executives from Ivanhoe Mines, OPEN Mineral, and The Critical Minerals Africa Group.
Topic: Infrastructure development connecting DRC, Zambia, and Angola for mineral exports.
Relevance: Infrastructure-led opportunity that could reshape African mineral logistics and supply-chain dynamics.
Sept 18 — World Trade Organization: Ask the Experts: Critical Minerals
Format: Online panel — 90 minutes
Participants: Dr Gracelin Baskaran (CSIS), Prof Saleem Ali (UN University), and Peter Wooders (Geneva Platform).
Topic: Global trade and regulatory implications for critical minerals.
Relevance: Provides macro and policy context for commodity-pricing frameworks and investment strategy.
Sept 18 — InvestorTV Live: Strategic Resources for a Powered Future
Format: Livestream panel — 60 minutes
Participants: Executives from Kodiak Copper, Ioneer, and Fortune Minerals.
Topic: Investor sentiment around lithium and copper demand in the energy transition.
Relevance: Reflects real-time industry sentiment and near-term investment drivers.
Sept 19 — Innovation Forum: Streamlining Standards in Critical Minerals
Format: Webinar — 60 minutes
Participants: Aidan Davy (ICMM), Ralf Haessig (ZF Group).
Topic: Global harmonization of mining sustainability standards.
Relevance: Simplified standards can lower cost of capital and speed ESG-compliant project funding.
Sept 21 — Milken Institute Global Conference: Critical Minerals, Critical Risks
Format: Conference webcast — 120 minutes
Participants: Daniel Yergin (S&P Global), Vandita Pant (BHP), and Frank Fannon.
Topic: Global supply-chain risk and investment trends in copper and rare earths.
Relevance: High-level framing of investment and project pipelines in mining and processing sectors.
