March 27, 2025 Deep-sea mining scars remain after 40 years, but life returning Scientists returned to a 1979 Pacific Ocean mining test site, revealing long-term sediment changes and mixed impacts on deep-sea life.
March 25, 2025 NYSE-parent plans to launch battery metals derivatives this year Intercontinental Exchange plans to launch derivatives in nickel, cobalt and lithium spodumene in London later this year.
March 25, 2025 EU selects 47 strategic projects to secure critical minerals access The list supports the 2024 Critical Raw Material Act, which boosts the EU access to key metals and minerals.
March 24, 2025 CHART: Top 20 automakers by battery metal spending BYD’s battery metals bill was $1 billion below Tesla despite selling 2 million more EVs while GM’s per EV costs are the highest in the industry.
March 24, 2025 Column: LME fined for failing to hit the brakes in nickel crisis The venerable 148-year old London Metal Exchange has just made it into the history books for the wrong reasons.
March 24, 2025 Hedge fund Elliott says it may take further action on LME voided nickel trades Elliott lost a lawsuit against the exchange for cancelling billions of dollars of nickel trades after the price hit a record above $100,000 a tonne in March 2022.
March 22, 2025 Gold dominates mining M&A again in 2024: S&P Global Gold accounted for 70% of last year's transaction count and total value in precious and base metals, according to S&P.
March 20, 2025 UK watchdog fines London Metal Exchange over handling of 2022 nickel crisis Britain's financial regulator fined the LME for allowing nickel prices to surge out of control three years ago.
March 19, 2025 Canadian opposition leader vows 6-month Ring of Fire OK in Ontario The Ring of Fire area in the province's northwest lies in a remote swampy region where only one venture is considered advanced -- the Eagle’s Nest project.
March 19, 2025 Aurion, KoBold team up to explore critical minerals in Finland Aurion will grant KoBold the right to earn a 75% interest in a portion of the Risti project area.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
