May 7, 2025 Column: After Ukraine deal, US turns its critical minerals gaze to Africa The United States has pursued a potentially even more significant critical metals deal in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
May 2, 2025 US pushing for Congo-Rwanda peace, minerals deals For decades, Congo has been at odds with Rwanda due to ethnic tensions and control over the region's natural resources.
May 1, 2025 Pentagon’s AI metals program goes private in bid to boost Western supply deals Open Price Exploration for National Security AI metals program is an attempt to counter China's sweeping control of the critical minerals sector.
May 1, 2025 Trump’s push for deep-sea metals clashes with UN ocean treaty TMC said it expects the initial US review of its mining application to be completed within 60 days.
April 30, 2025 Glencore stock plummets after copper production drops 30% Glencore stock trading in the US down nearly 10% despite maintaining copper guidance and saying volatile commodities trade "presents opportunities".
April 29, 2025 Canadian election may herald increased mining activity Critical minerals and industrial metals have emerged as essential economic building blocks in recent years.
April 29, 2025 Belgium open to bigger role in Congo minerals sector, foreign minister says Kinshasa is currently on a push to attract new players to the sector.
April 29, 2025 TMC submits application for deep sea mining under US law The Metals Company has made history with the first-ever application for two exploration licenses and a commercial recovery permit.
April 28, 2025 China’s CMOC elevates ex-Glencore trader as top execs depart CMOC said its chairman Yuan Honglin and vice chair Li Chaochun both resigned for personal reasons.
April 27, 2025 Gates, Bezos-backed critical minerals explorer to ‘go big’ on Congo – report These investments could potentially be "in the billions", says the country's newly appointed director general.
DRC revives $29B iron ore export plan once tied to billionaire Gertler The area that Kinshasa wants to develop has cumulative iron ore resources of 15 billion to 20 billion tonnes grading more than 60% iron. January 15, 2026 | 08:42 am
