July 17, 2025

US set to impose 93.5% duty on China battery material

The US Commerce Department imposed preliminary anti-dumping duties on Chinese imports of graphite.

July 17, 2025

Special forces veterans lead US bid to buy Congo cobalt miner

Orion Resource Partners and Virtus Minerals are jointly negotiating the purchase of Chemaf, Bloomberg sources say.

July 17, 2025

Lithium prices and stocks jump after Zangge Mining halt

Lithium prices advanced to a near three-month high after the Chinese producer halted operations in Qinghai province.

July 17, 2025

Argentina mining exports to top $5B in 2025 despite lithium struggles, industry body says

Argentine President Javier Milei's libertarian government is seeking to boost the country's mining sector.

July 16, 2025

Myanmar’s tin exports set to rise as major hub resumes mining

Local authorities approved the resumption of mining in the conflict-riven region of Wa State.

July 16, 2025

Zimbabwe aims to break ground for $270 million new lithium plant this year

Kuvimba Mining House will begin construction of the concentration plant at its Sandawana mine in Q3 of this year.

July 15, 2025

Indigenous groups ask Chile court to pause community review of Codelco-SQM lithium deal

The process is one of the final conditions for a deal to go into effect in which state-run Codelco will take a majority stake in SQM's lithium mining operations.

July 15, 2025

Canada Nickel deposits akin to ‘Sudbury’s endowment’

New initial resources add almost 275 million measured and indicated tonnes to the company’s portfolio.

July 15, 2025

China’s lithium giants tumble after first-half profit warnings

Two of the largest miners warned that battery metal woes had weighed on earnings for the first half of the year.

July 15, 2025

Rio Tinto picks iron ore boss Simon Trott as new CEO

The board believes the company has become too complex, and the new CEO will be tasked with simplifying it.