October 21, 2025 Saudi Arabia draws Macquarie, Rinehart in Australia pursuit Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and Saudi state-backed Maaden recently won the right to dig for metals together in the kingdom.
October 21, 2025 Vale sees 2025 iron ore output at top range after strongest quarter since 2018 It produced 94.4 million metric tons of iron ore in the third quarter.
October 21, 2025 Glencore’s global head of naphtha to join rival Vitol Oliver Bowen will start at Vitol on November 7 and oversee the world's largest commodities trader's European naphtha book.
October 21, 2025 Barrick’s seized Mali mine restarts under state management Loulo-Gounkoto – which produced 723,000 ounces of gold in 2024 – is one of Barrick’s most important assets.
October 21, 2025 Newmont-funded Nevada gold project selected for FAST-41 permitting Newmont can acquire up to 75% of the Spring Peak project held by Headwater Gold.
October 20, 2025 South32 posts 135% jump in quarterly manganese output The diversified miner said it had successfully executed the operational recovery plan at its Australia operations.
October 20, 2025 BHP bets on iron ore resilience despite China slowdown; Q1 output misses BHP kept its fiscal 2026 output forecast for Western Australia iron ore unchanged at between 284 and 296 million tonnes.
October 17, 2025 MMG sees copper losses mount from informal Peru diggers Miners that MMG deems as illegal have extracted about 90,000 metric tons of copper over the past 15 years.
October 17, 2025 Rio Tinto ramps up Simandou stockpiles to 2 million tonnes for first shipment The inaugural shipment is expected to head to China, the world's top steel producer and consumer of over 70% of seaborne iron ore.
October 17, 2025 BHP’s China Jimblebar iron ore stocks rise as trade stalls amid contract talks Inventories of Jimblebar fines at some Chinese ports have jumped to around 2.6 million metric tons as of October 14, the highest level since July.
China’s November net gold imports via Hong Kong more than doubled from October Spot gold prices have risen about 72% this year, hitting a record $4,549.71 an ounce on Friday, the biggest annual gain since 1979. December 29, 2025 | 07:35 am
