July 7, 2025 CHART: Nickel overtakes lithium as most valuable EV battery metal as prices slump And that is despite the significant move towards nickel-free batteries such as lithium iron phosphate or LPF and the significant cooling of nickel prices at the same time.
July 6, 2025 South32 sells Cerro Matoso nickel mine as it looks to copper and zinc Australian miner sells Colombian operation to refocus on copper and zinc.
July 6, 2025 Column: Metals smelting is the West’s next critical minerals crisis China's rapid expansion of processing capacity is crushing margins across the metallic spectrum.
July 4, 2025 ‘Big, beautiful’ US bill would end tax credit for critical minerals The credit provides a 10% tax incentive for the domestic extraction, processing and recycling of key battery and industrial minerals.
July 4, 2025 Researchers from Scotland and Canada partner to clean up contaminated mine water They plan to develop a low-cost system combining microalgae and calcium silicate to remove and recover cobalt, nickel and copper for reuse.
July 3, 2025 Nornickel lowers forecast for 2025 nickel surplus Nornickel expects this year's nickel surplus to be 120,000 tons, which is 30,000 tons lower than it previously thought.
July 2, 2025 Column: Copper’s tariff high fails to lift other LME metals Doctor Copper hasn't been quite the same since President Trump announced an investigation into US imports.
July 2, 2025 Indonesia plans to cut mining quota period back to one year, minister says The move is expected to help underpin prices of coal and ores and boost government revenues.
June 30, 2025 NexMetals rises on strong copper-nickel hits in Botswana Almost one year ago, NexMetals released an initial resource for Selebi, outlining 18.9 million inferred tonnes at 0.88% nickel and 1.69% copper.
June 30, 2025 Russia base metals sales to China surge, signaling deep reliance Russian aluminum sales to China through May jumped by almost 56% year-on-year.
China’s November net gold imports via Hong Kong more than doubled from October Spot gold prices have risen about 72% this year, hitting a record $4,549.71 an ounce on Friday, the biggest annual gain since 1979. December 29, 2025 | 07:35 am
