January 13, 2025 PowerStone Metals, Libra Lithium merge to create Ontario critical minerals explorer Libra's Flanders South, Flanders North and SBC lithium projects are being explored under a $23m earn-in deal with KoBold Metals.
January 13, 2025 Lithium prices to stabilize in 2025 as mine closures, China EV sales ease glut, analysts say The global lithium supply glut is predicted to shrink by half to around 80,000 tons of LCE from nearly 150,000 last year, according to Antaike.
January 13, 2025 Veteran mining banker teams up with former Anglo American CEO to chase M&A revival Mining banker Omar Davis is teaming with former Anglo CEO Mark Cutifani to set up a merchant bank hoping to capture the recovery in dealmaking.
January 13, 2025 Abaxx plans lithium carbonate contract within weeks after nickel launch The exchange kicked off trading of its nickel sulphate contract on Friday.
January 13, 2025 Barrick Gold recommends shareholders reject mini-tender offer by TRC Capital The offer was at a below-market price of C$21.35 apiece.
January 13, 2025 Gold price falls 1% amid rising global yields, dollar The decline follows four straight days of gains in the lead-up to last week's US jobs report.
January 13, 2025 Column: Structural shifts or price moves? China’s bifurcated commodity imports China's imports of major commodities in 2024 presented a mixed bag, with record volumes of iron ore, coal and natural gas, but weakness in crude oil.
January 13, 2025 Mosaic to sell Brazilian phosphate mine in $125 million deal The US fertilizer company is selling its non-core phosphate mine in Minas Gerais state to Fosfatados Centro.
January 12, 2025 China 2024 iron ore imports hit record on resilient demand, steel exports The world's largest iron ore consumer brought in a total of about 1.24 billion metric tons last year.
January 12, 2025 Copper smelting fees to remain low amid tight supply – Fastmarkets Fastmarkets analyst sees a bumpy road ahead for the copper concentrates market in 2025, forecasting an annual average spot TC of $10.7 per tonne.
Gold and silver prices stumble at the end of best year since the 1970s Both metals are on track for their best year since 1979. December 31, 2025 | 12:59 pm
