October 15, 2025 Top 50 mining companies surge to new record near $2 trillion valuation The value of the world’s 50 biggest miners surged by more than $450B in a single quarter after a broad-based rally sparked by rampant gold and copper prices.
October 15, 2025 Copper Mark to unify ESG standards for metal producers The organization is moving to develop a single mining standard across various metal supply chains and form a new board with wider representation.
October 13, 2025 JPMorgan targets critical minerals with $1.5 trillion security initiative Jamie Dimon: “It has become painfully clear that the United States has allowed itself to become too reliant on unreliable sources of critical minerals."
October 13, 2025 LME WEEK: Exchange to roll out premium pricing for sustainable metals Some miners have complained their metals produced with renewable energy are not able to compete with cheaper output produced using coal.
October 12, 2025 Fire breaks out at Indonesia nickel hub, three injured Operations at Morowali Industrial Park were running normally as the incident affected the premises of only one tenant.
October 12, 2025 Column: Turbulent markets fuel LME’s recovery from nickel crisis Trading volumes are up, with nickel itself back to pre-crisis activity levels.
October 8, 2025 Kazakh Fincraft targets Canadian Tethys in strategic mining push Kazakh billionaire Rakishev, who leads Fincraft, eyes Tethys’ oil and gas assets to boost his group’s Central Asian nickel and coal portfolio.
October 7, 2025 Indonesia shortens validity of mining quotas to one year Quotas for 2025 remain valid but miners will need to re-apply for quotas previously issued for 2026 and 2027.
October 7, 2025 Sumitomo Metal forecasts global nickel market to stay in surplus in 2026 The surplus is projected at 256,000 metric tons in 2026, slightly below 263,000 tons this year.
October 6, 2025 Vale to buy back up to $3 billion in bonds The buyback could help Vale save on debt costs.
BHP puts Anglo in ‘rearview mirror’ as CEO eyes Canada copper “I’m hopeful that in five years time, 10 years time, there’ll be further investments that we can make into Canadian resources,” Mike Henry said. December 19, 2025 | 12:32 pm
