April 21, 2025 Surging gold stocks lift mining’s top 50 companies above tariff chaos World’s 50 most valuable miners are now worth $1.4 trillion, up $80 billion from end-2024 boosted by gold stocks after copper, lithium producers sold off again.
April 18, 2025 Trump to fast-track permitting for 10 mining projects across US The projects include those owned by Perpetua Resources, Rio Tinto, Hecla Mining, Albemarle and Warrior Met Coal.
April 10, 2025 Uzbekistan, US companies ink minerals deals Uzbekistan has been looking to tap into its vast endowment resources, including many of the critical minerals being sought after by the US.
April 10, 2025 China announces quartz discovery vital to chips to rival US mine High-purity quartz is one of the few critical minerals dominated by the US.
April 9, 2025 Resouro boosts titanium resource by 37% at Tiros project in Brazil Total resources are now 1,400 Mt1 at 12% TiO₂ and 4,000 ppm TREO, the company said.
April 4, 2025 Scandium Canada boosts Crater Lake resource by 38% Scandium can be combined with aluminum to produce an alloy that’s as strong as steel and titanium while weighing around one-third of steel.
March 31, 2025 NICO project in Northwest Territories could establish domestic bismuth supply China in February announced plans to impose export controls on five key metals — tungsten, tellurium, molybdenum, indium and bismuth — in response to US tariffs.
March 29, 2025 China’s mining investment under Belt and Road Initiative sets new record – report China's overseas mining investment under its Belt and Road Initiative hit another peak last year at $21.4 billion.
March 29, 2025 Column: Europe’s future metals strategy hindered by current crisis Chinese over-capacity and high energy prices have accelerated the long-term decline of European steel and aluminum production.
March 27, 2025 Greece’s Metlen sees gallium production at 50t in 2028, enough to cover EU needs The Greek company plans to invest 300 million euros in the extraction of gallium from raw materials.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
