March 7, 2022 Copper, coal prices hit records, nickel jumps 30% overnight after wild week of trading Copper scales $5 for the first time ever, metallurgical and thermal coal hit record highs and nickel jumps more than 20% in a day.
March 7, 2022 Strike forces Excellon Resources to halt Mexican silver mine Unionized workers at La Platosa silver mine in Durango have walked off the job after collective bargaining talks broke down.
March 4, 2022 Base metals set for best-ever week as war stokes shortage fears It’s getting increasingly difficult to transport commodities like metals since almost half of the world’s container ships no longer go to Russia.
March 3, 2022 Copper close to record, zinc at 15-year high, nickel nears $28,000 as metal price rally gains momentum Industrial metals "are just waking up" to the supply risk from Ukraine-Russia war, low stockpiles and soaring energy costs.
March 1, 2022 The 50 minerals critical to US security This graphic lists all of the minerals that the government deemed critical to both the economic and national security of the United States.
February 28, 2022 Honduras to cancel environmental permits for mining, ban open pits The announcement comes from the barely a month-old government of leftist President Xiomara Castro.
February 25, 2022 South America Snapshot: Eight companies exploring and developing new mines The need for battery metals is propelling many projects in resource-rich South America, but gold and silver projects retain their appeal, too.
February 23, 2022 Saudi Arabian miner Al Masane Al Kobra set to raise up to 1.25 billion riyals in IPO Al Masane Al Kobra, also known as Amak, is a miner which produces copper, zinc, silver, gold and other metals.
February 22, 2022 USGS publishes 2022 critical minerals list The new USGS critical minerals list adds 15 commodities while removing four.
February 16, 2022 Glencore’s zinc mine expansion met by Indigenous backlash Australian government judged it failed to adequately consult with Aboriginal custodians over the protection of a sacred site.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
