August 25, 2021 Aluminum price near 3-year high after Jamaica refinery blaze The metal has surged 32% this year, second only to tin among the six base metals traded on the LME.
August 24, 2021 China eyes Afghanistan’s $1 Trillion of minerals with risky bet on Taliban Afghanistan's unexplored mineral deposits may include the world’s largest lithium reserves.
August 24, 2021 Fortescue best positioned to weather industry disruption – report Fortescue Metals leads an Australia-heavy Top 10 based on GlobalData research.
August 24, 2021 Inflation is prone to Delta – the same with gold? Slower economic growth and higher inflation due to the spread of the Delta variant are good news for gold.
August 24, 2021 Higher metal prices to push exploration budgets up in 2022, says S&P Global Ramp-up in green policies supportive of battery metals.
August 24, 2021 BHP risks two notch downgrade on oil asset sale The sale will reduce BHP's portfolio diversity and will raise its dependency on a single asset.
August 24, 2021 Candente Copper gets financial backing from Fortescue, Lind Partners Shares of Candente Copper surged 13% by midday Tuesday.
August 24, 2021 Iron ore price jumps 7% on hopes of more support from Chinese government China’s central bank chief vowed to stabilize the supply of credit and boost the amount of money supporting smaller businesses and the real economy.
August 23, 2021 McEwen Copper closes C$40 million private placement The first tranche of shares was purchased by Evanachan, Rob McEwen’s investment corporation.
August 23, 2021 US critical mineral imports up 7.9% y-o-y in Q2 – report S&P Global Market Intelligence reports the volume of critical minerals flowing into the country in H1 2021 surpassed the 316,108 tonnes imported in H1 2020 by 41,209 tonnes.
Zijin to buy Canada’s Allied Gold for $4B in cash A takeover premium, African assets and soaring gold prices highlight how miners are chasing scale as consolidation accelerates. January 26, 2026 | 03:43 am