Women protesters in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday attacked a Chinese-run site in the northwest of the country mining zircon, setting fire to equipment, the interior minister and witnesses said.

Iluka Resources delivered an increase in zircon-in-concentrate (ZIC) during the March 2025 quarter, among other operational highlights. The rare earths producer’s overall production for the ...

Although the region is known primarily for its basalt, researchers recently determined certain samples contained miniscule crystals of the mineral zircon. “Zircons are essentially time capsules ...