April 21, 2025

Surging gold stocks lift mining’s top 50 companies above tariff chaos

World’s 50 most valuable miners are now worth $1.4 trillion, up $80 billion from end-2024 boosted by gold stocks after copper, lithium producers sold off again.

April 2, 2025

LME first-quarter volumes jump 5.9% to second highest in 11 years

The only metal that had weaker quarterly volumes was lead.

March 31, 2025

Vizsla reports high-grade discovery in Mexico

News of the discovery comes as Vizsla carries out a 10,000-metre drill program.

March 25, 2025

Trafigura starts strategic review of Australian smelting assets

The trading group is launching a strategic review of its struggling Nyrstar zinc and lead smelting assets.

March 7, 2025

Metal for bullets risks bigger shortage after near-300% surge

A global shortage of antimony could worsen as the US and Europe replenish stockpiles of bullets used in Ukraine.

March 6, 2025

Teck invests $40M to support historic Bunker Hill mine restart in Idaho

Discovered in 1885, the Bunker Hill mine operated for nearly a century, and represents a legendary fixture in American mining history.

February 3, 2025

Cerrado Gold to acquire Ascendant Resources

The deal gives Cerrado an 80% interest in the Lagoa Salgada project in Portugal.

February 1, 2025

India scraps custom duties on waste and scrap of dozen critical minerals

India scrapped customs duty on waste and scrap of antimony, cobalt, tungsten and copper scrap, among others.

January 27, 2025

Column: Zinc’s high premium to sister metal lead may not last

Lead and zinc may be geological sister metals but their market fortunes have been very different in recent months.

January 10, 2025

Toxic traces of lead mining in Missouri are hard to erase

The EPA has spent $127 million since 2020 on remediating mine waste and removing lead-contaminated soil in southeast Missouri’s Old Lead Belt.