December 18, 2025

Brazil delays critical minerals areas auction

The regulator said funding shortfalls prevent it from covering the costs needed to move ahead with the tender process.

December 17, 2025

Indonesia may slash nickel output to steady prices

The Indonesian government is proposing a 34% reduction in production from this year’s total to 250 million tonnes next year.

December 15, 2025

Nornickel sharply hikes nickel surplus forecasts for this year and next

The Russian miner said it expected the nickel surplus this year to reach 240,000 tons, up from an estimate of 120,000 tones in July.

December 15, 2025

LME outlines proposed new rules on position limits

The new rules will apply to "critical contracts" in the bourse's core aluminum, copper, lead, nickel, tin and zinc futures offerings, LME said.

December 11, 2025

Deep-sea mining trial sharply reduced seabed animal count, diversity — study

With baseline data tracking 3,000 tonnes of polymetallic nodules at a depth of 4,280 metres, the study represents the largest ever conducted.

December 11, 2025

Innovation slump drags mining productivity down — report

New McKinsey research says mining productivity has stalled for years as costs rise and grades fall, but innovation could reverse it.

December 10, 2025

Trump demands on mining, China snarl US-Indonesia trade deal

Indonesia is resisting US trade deal demands that it fears would restrain its independence, particularly in critical minerals and energy that risk […]

December 10, 2025

Indonesia sets rules to fine miners operating in forest areas

Earlier this week, the task force ordered dozens of companies in palm oil cultivation and mining to pay fines totalling 38.62 trillion rupiah.

December 8, 2025

Reinventing America’s critical minerals supply chain

The key will be to nurture new technologies that can win the future — those that can produce economically over the long term while modernizing the industry’s operations.

December 8, 2025

Indonesia fines dozens of palm oil, mining companies $2.3B for operating in forest areas

President Prabowo Subianto's forestry task force has seized more than 5,300 hectares of mining operations.