October 9, 2025

Exxaro CEO says copper ambitions remain but now more modest

The coal miner still wants to acquire copper assets but has scaled back its ambitions since missing out on a mine in Botswana.

October 1, 2025

Column: Critical minerals are stuck between demand hopes and oversupply reality

The caveat to long-term forecasts is that they are inherently risky as market dynamics can shift.

September 22, 2025

Oceans protection law to tighten squeeze on seabed miners

The High Seas Treaty, effective January, enables vast conservation zones in international waters to protect 30% of the oceans.

September 18, 2025

Cobalt’s EV battery comeback as prices nearly double

The size of the electric vehicle battery cobalt market in August jumped to the highest since December 2022.

September 12, 2025

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund excludes Eramet from portfolio on ethics grounds

The fund held a 0.44% stake in Eramet worth $6.8 million as of June 30.

September 9, 2025

Bahrain sponsors deep-sea mining firm Impossible Metals for international permit

Bahrain, now the first Middle Eastern country to back deep-sea mining, could potentially fund a metals refinery in the future.

August 27, 2025

Electric Metals stock nearly triples on North Star manganese PEA

The study outlines an after-tax net present value (at a 10% discount) of $1.39 billion and a 43.5% after-tax internal rate of return.

August 14, 2025

Trump to offer Russia access to minerals for peace in Ukraine

The Telegraph reported that US President Donald Trump is prepared to let Moscow tap into its natural resources in Alaska and lift some sanctions on Russia’s aerospace industry.

August 12, 2025

Eramet names processing head in Gabon with eye on manganese ore export ban

Gabon's government recently announced that it would ban the export of raw manganese from January 2029.

August 8, 2025

Glencore shakes up trading team with head of coal to exit

Ruan van Schalkwyk, a longstanding executive who runs coal trading for Glencore, is retiring.