May 7, 2025 MABC maps opportunities for British Columbia as a global player in critical minerals markets BC has 18 operating mines and two smelters and is home to 16 of the 50 minerals the US deems critical to its economy and national security.
May 6, 2025 World’s biggest zinc mine gets caught in US-China tariff turmoil Teck Resources' Red Dog mine, some 105 miles inside the Arctic Circle, accounts for about 5% of global zinc supply and 2.5% of lead.
April 30, 2025 Ace Green, OM Commodities sign lead scrap supply deal for Texas recycling facility With more than 1.5 million metric tons of lead battery scrap available for recycling in the US alone, there is a critical gap in smelter capacity to keep valuable material…
April 30, 2025 London Metal Exchange scraps OTC trade plan, to hike fees instead The new proposals are designed to modernise the 148-year-old exchange.
April 29, 2025 Column: Investment funds turn bearish on over-supplied lead and zinc Fund managers have turned increasingly negative on lead and zinc's price outlook.
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.
Alrosa flags smaller-than-expected decline in annual diamond output Alrosa is the world's largest producer of diamonds, accounting for around a third of global output. December 23, 2025 | 07:20 am
