March 25, 2025 Glencore to cut coal output in attempt to halt price slump Coal prices have slumped to the lowest levels since mid-2021.
March 21, 2025 Trump’s love for coal is crashing into market’s economic reality His administration has signaled it’s eyeing emergency powers to restart shuttered plants and has launched a sweeping overhaul of US environmental mandates.
March 20, 2025 Trump to expand critical mineral production using wartime powers An executive order signed Thursday taps the Defense Production Act as part of an effort to provide financing for critical minerals projects.
March 19, 2025 Colombia to launch May copper auction, aiming to substitute imports Colombia produces commodities including oil and coal, but lags far behind regional peers Chile and Peru in output of the red metal.
March 18, 2025 New Hope seeks acquisitions as funding options improve The company said it is hunting acquisitions given the improving investor appetite for its debt.
March 17, 2025 Ramaco Resources’ Wyoming rare earth project gets $6.1M grant The funding will match Ramaco's future investment in building a rare earth and critical minerals pilot processing facility north of Sheridan.
March 13, 2025 Exxaro’s new CEO tasked with diversifying into battery metals Mining veteran Ben Magara will steer the South African coal miner's push into battery metals.
March 11, 2025 US considers emergency powers to restart closed coal plants “Under the national energy emergency, which President Trump has declared, we’ve got to keep every coal plant open,” the US Interior Secretary said.
March 11, 2025 Indonesian miners group urges government to reconsider royalty hike plan Indonesia is considering raising royalties paid by mining companies from commodities like coal, nickel, copper, gold and tin.
March 10, 2025 Indonesia mulls tax hikes on miners due to budgetary pressures Indonesia is proposing hiking royalties paid by miners in a bid to bolster public finances.
Australia’s VHM scraps offtake deal with Shenghe Resources The Goschen project is VHM's flagship development, focused on extracting critical minerals such as rare earth elements and titanium. January 11, 2026 | 04:08 pm
US to push for quicker action in reducing reliance on China for rare earths Aside from Japan, G7 members remain heavily dependent on critical minerals from China, which has threatened to impose strict export controls. January 11, 2026 | 09:07 am
Rio Tinto’s bid for Glencore piles pressure on BHP If BHP keeps out of the current talks, it may consider another deal to retain its leadership. January 11, 2026 | 07:49 am