August 6, 2025 South African minister and top miner clash over US minerals plan That strategy identified coal, chrome ore, iron ore, manganese and platinum as critical minerals, rather than materials found in abundance elsewhere in Africa.
August 6, 2025 US courts Cook Islands for deep-sea mining The State Department has already begun talks with the South Pacific nation for research on seabed mineral exploration and development.
August 4, 2025 TMC releases PFS, publishes first probable mineral reserves for deep-sea nodules The Canadian miner has exclusive access to the Nori Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean.
July 30, 2025 Eramet adjusts 2025 volume targets after H1 earnings dip The earnings exclude Eramet's New Caledonian nickel subsidiary SLN, which is being propped up by French government loans.
July 30, 2025 Glencore to cut costs by $1 billion and raises trading goal Glencore raised its long-term annual profit forecast for trading to $2.3 billion to $3.5 billion despite mining pressures.
July 20, 2025 South32 Q4 manganese output recovers after cyclone, beats estimates The company's GEMCO project in Australia's Northern Territory faced severe storms in early 2025.
July 14, 2025 Lockheed Martin reboots Pacific seabed mining plans The US defense giant holds two licenses in the mineral-rich Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the eastern Pacific ocean.
July 9, 2025 Trump to host African leaders offering major mining ventures Trump invited the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal for a three-day summit at the White House.
June 24, 2025 German battery production, trade decline; lobby urges action Market volumes fell 16% in 2024 to a total value of $23.8B, mostly due to weaker demand for lithium-ion batteries.
June 24, 2025 Trump tariffs fan calls by European metal producers for scrap export curbs Scrap metal exports to the United States nearly tripled in the first three months of 2025 versus the same period a year earlier.
EU risks slow demise of aluminum industry if carbon tax not scrapped, Constellium CEO says The upcoming tax - coupled with concerns over supply - has pushed up European premiums for physical metal to a 10-month high. December 05, 2025 | 10:47 am
