April 9, 2025

Hike in Indonesia mining royalties to take effect soon, minister says

The government proposed levying royalties ranging between 14% and 19% for nickel ore.

April 8, 2025

Glencore ex-CEO Glasenberg buys shares for first time since 2015

Glasenberg’s holding has risen to 1.219 billion shares, according to regulatory filing.

April 7, 2025

Ontario announces $8 billion in tariff support, defers mining tax for six months

The Canadian province generates over C$15 billion worth of minerals per year.

April 4, 2025

CHART: Mining stocks massacre as copper price craters by 9%

A plunge in the copper price on Friday turned the mining sector into one of the worst performers amid a broad market selloff.

April 3, 2025

Trump’s tariffs shake markets, threaten metals trade

The tariffs include a universal 10% levy on imports and targeted measures on 60 countries, marking a major shift in trade policy.

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.

April 2, 2025

Adviser pushes back on Trump plan to boost domestic minerals production

A well-known adviser to the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation is pushing back against a plan to use it to boost domestic mining.

April 1, 2025

Global battery market entering new phase with high demand, low prices – IEA

According to the IEA, global battery demand reached a historic milestone of 1 terawatt-hours last year, with annual electric car sales rising by 25% to 17 million.

April 1, 2025

LME fines warehouse that stored fake nickel for 2022 mishap

Access World loaded out 24 tons of nickel cathodes from the warehouse between Oct. 18 and Nov. 16, 2022, apparently due to human error, the LME said.

April 1, 2025

Mining’s king of private capital says governments must intervene

Oskar Lewnowski has a good claim to be the poster boy for private capital in mining.