May 15, 2025

Permit delays stall Kodal’s lithium exports in Mali

Over 20,000 tonnes of lithium concentrate from the Bougouni mine in Mali are ready for delivery, but export is stalled due to permit issues.

May 15, 2025

Agnico Eagle raises Foran stake in $64M strategic deal

Private placement, part of Foran’s C$350M financing, includes support from Canada Growth Fund and Fairfax Financial Holdings.

May 14, 2025

Palladium market seen moving to balance after years of deficit, says Johnson Matthey

For palladium, robust growth in Chinese automotive recycling will boost secondary supply by 4%, it says.

May 14, 2025

Morgan Stanley hires Goldman’s metals and mining head

David Hammond will rejoin Morgan Stanley later this year as a managing director focused on metals, mining and basic materials.

May 14, 2025

Copper price drops sharply after trade deal bounce

Pullback comes despite Chinese copper inventories falling by 60% in a single month.

May 14, 2025

Cobalt demand to outpace supply by early 2030s, says Cobalt Institute

Cobalt demand is set to hit 400,000 tonnes by the early 2030s, up from 222,000 in 2024.

May 14, 2025

Scrap copper was piling up in the US. Now it can finally move

A mountain of scrap metal in Salt Lake City that had been growing in recent weeks is finally set to shrink, thanks to the US-China trade truce.

May 14, 2025

What a long, strange trip it’s been since Nixon took USD off the gold standard

The chart of SPX and gold shows that volatility was hard-wired into a macro market situation that had been relatively normal prior to August 1971.

May 14, 2025

Gold price falls below $3,200 as focus shifts from safe havens

Bullion has now declined 9% from its high of $3,500 last month amid elevated trade war fears.

May 14, 2025

Codelco to name Maricunga lithium partner by June’s end

Chosen company will join Codelco to develop a project located in Chile’s second largest salt flat by lithium reserves.