January 6, 2025 Trudeau to resign ahead of vote this year likely to elect conservative Poilievre Poilievre, the Conservative Party leader, has criticized current permitting delays in the Canadian minerals sector, which can range from five to 25 years.
January 6, 2025 Iron ore price drops to over one-month low on weaker China metal output Output at Chinese blast-furnace steel producers has continued to decline steadily.
January 6, 2025 Trump says tariff policy won’t be pared back The Washington Post reported that Trump aides were considering tariffs targeting critical sectors such as iron, copper, batteries, and rare earths.
January 6, 2025 US Steel, Nippon sue Biden administration over decision to block merger Biden blocked proposed deal on national security grounds.
January 5, 2025 Nippon Steel president says suing US government is an option Nikkei business daily had reported that Nippon Steel will challenge Joe Biden's order to block its acquisition of US Steel.
January 4, 2025 What’s next after Biden blocked the $15bn Nippon Steel/US Steel deal? Some analysts warned that blocking the deal could sour relations between the United States and Japan.
January 3, 2025 Biden’s veto of US Steel deal raises multitude of new questions US statute makes it clear that American presidents are granted the power to kill a deal they deem a threat to national security.
January 3, 2025 White House: decision to block Nippon-US Steel deal was about keeping critical business in American hands Biden's decision to block the sale of US Steel was not about slighting Japan, it said.
January 3, 2025 Nippon Steel to sue US government over blocked US Steel deal US President Joe Biden has blocked the $14.1 billion sale.
January 2, 2025 Steelworkers union criticizes Nippon Steel’s proposal for lack of long-term commitment The proposal "is nothing but a "Hail Mary" pass destined to fall to the ground," it said.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
