October 20, 2025

South32 posts 135% jump in quarterly manganese output

The diversified miner said it had successfully executed the operational recovery plan at its Australia operations.

October 17, 2025

New Ontario rules aim to speed up mine approvals

Ontario has introduced rules designed to cut mine approval times by half.

October 15, 2025

Column: China can only fire the big gun of refined metals restrictions once

The ultimate risk for China is that in cutting off Western buyers from refined metals it would risk eventually destroying its own industry.

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.