April 16, 2025 Seven rare earth metals that China is weaponizing against the US China’s dominance of both mining and processing means these niche metals have become a cudgel to use against opponents.
April 16, 2025 Ukraine, US make ‘substantial progress’ on minerals deal, Kyiv says Trump is seeking a minerals deal as part of his push to end Ukraine's war.
April 15, 2025 Trump orders tariff probe on all US critical mineral imports China has placed some rare earth elements under export restrictions in retaliation to Trump's steep tariffs on Chinese goods.
April 15, 2025 JV floated as path to reopen First Quantum Cobre Panama mine A government-industry partnership could resolve the dispute that has kept the Cobre Panama copper mine closed since November 2023.
April 15, 2025 First Quantum buys into Aussie explorer to boost Zambia copper It will invest A$15.2 million for a 15% stake in Prospect Resources, its neighbour in the Zambian copper belt.
April 14, 2025 China suspends rare earth, magnet exports – report The disruptions come just as the US announced tariff exemptions for many electronics, but rare earth components remain affected.
April 14, 2025 China urges US to follow international law on reported deep-sea metals stockpile plan The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to enable stockpiling of deep-sea metals found on the Pacific Ocean seabed.
April 13, 2025 Trump planning to stockpile deep-sea minerals to counter China: FT The executive order, according to FT, would allow the US government to build a "strategic reserve" of these critical minerals.
April 10, 2025 One of the strangest chapters in copper mining is drawing to a close When copper prices are swinging this wildly it’s easy to lose sight of the giant hole that exists in the industry where dynamite meets bedrock.
April 10, 2025 Uzbekistan, US companies ink minerals deals Uzbekistan has been looking to tap into its vast endowment resources, including many of the critical minerals being sought after by the US.
Ontario fast-tracks Kinross Gold’s Great Bear project It is the first gold project to be fast tracked by the province's One Project One Process. February 17, 2026 | 09:10 am
