October 19, 2025 Government equity in miners becomes US norm The Trump administration is ratcheting up government ownership in mining companies that are nominally Canadian, raising questions about whether Ottawa plans similar investments.
October 17, 2025 New Ontario rules aim to speed up mine approvals Ontario has introduced rules designed to cut mine approval times by half.
October 16, 2025 Vale drops plan to build Quebec nickel sulphate facility GM and a partner paused the second phase of a cathode factory, leading to Vale's cancellation of a nickel sulphate project.
October 16, 2025 Canada signals approval of US gov’t stakes in mining firms The US is increasingly taking stakes in publicly traded companies, including Canadian-based miners Trilogy Metals and Lithium Americas.
October 15, 2025 Column: China can only fire the big gun of refined metals restrictions once The ultimate risk for China is that in cutting off Western buyers from refined metals it would risk eventually destroying its own industry.
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.
Disruption and dislocation: LME metals’ year in seven charts Supply disruption and tariff dislocation have defined the London Metal Exchange base metals complex this year. December 23, 2025 | 07:58 am
