June 28, 2023 Chile lithium plan well received by investors, finance boss says The government plans to submit a bill to Congress later this year to create a national lithium company.
June 28, 2023 US sanctions gold firms suspected of funding Wagner Group The country slapped sanctions on four companies located in the United Arab Emirates, Central African Republic and Russia.
June 28, 2023 French minister to push €1 billion uranium deal on trip to Mongolia President Emmanuel Macron has said Japan and France will work together to boost French energy sovereignty through the supply of critical metals from Mongolia.
June 27, 2023 Peru plans to extend military presence in bid to keep copper shipments flowing The mining corridor is used by MMG’s Las Bambas, Glencore’s Antapaccay and Hudbay Minerals’ Constancia to transport semi-processed copper to a seaport.
June 27, 2023 Column: Global exchange copper stocks sink to 15-year lows Either inventory rebuilds over the seasonal summer soft spot for northern hemisphere demand, or the market is going to have to rethink just how much copper is really out there,…
June 27, 2023 Namibia had no power to cancel Chinese miner’s licence, court rules Lithium miner Xinfeng took Namibia's mines minister Tom Alweendo to court after he cancelled the company's mining licence in April.
June 27, 2023 Column: Court case shines a harsh light on London Metal Exchange The first part of the LME courtroom drama is over after three days of legal argument at London's Royal Courts of Justice.
June 27, 2023 Column: BHP plans credible, financially viable but slow path to decarbonized mines BHP said it expected electric trucks would ultimately cost more or less the same to operate as the current diesel fleet.
June 27, 2023 Commodity prices will need to jump to meet demand for energy transition – Anglo American Prices will have to rise to attract investment from ever more complex locations to meet the urgency of the energy transition, said Duncan Wanblad.
June 26, 2023 Biden energy subsidies risk distorting critical metals market, UK minister warns The IRA is “a challenge to other countries to put down their versions of this also."
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm