BYD holds mining rights in Brazil’s Lithium Valley, documents show The EV producer's mineral rights acquisition in Brazil is its biggest step yet toward mining strategic minerals in the West. Reuters | February 14, 2025 | 7:19 am
Brazil hints at WTO complaint, tax on US products after Trump steel tariffs The South American country is one of the largest sources of US steel imports. Reuters | February 14, 2025 | 7:11 am
Peru copper output edges down in 2024 to 2.74 million tons Industry sources had predicted Peru's copper output would remain stable at around 2.8 million tonnes. Reuters | February 14, 2025 | 7:07 am
Nornickel senior vice president Dubovitskiy has left the company, spokesperson says Sergei Dubovitskiy has left the company to pursue other projects. Reuters | February 14, 2025 | 7:04 am
Glencore says it rejected an approach for its DRC operations last year Glencore said on Friday it had rejected an unsolicited approach from an unnamed buyer for its operations in Congo. Reuters | February 14, 2025 | 6:58 am
LME copper spreads surge to premium on short covering Worries about tariffs on copper had spurred traders to buy copper on the US Comex exchange and sell on the LME. Reuters | February 14, 2025 | 6:55 am
Global Lithium appoints new CEO in push to develop frozen project Dianmin Chen was appointed as managing director and CEO at its annual shareholder meeting on Thursday. Reuters | February 13, 2025 | 3:37 pm
Trump official says minerals deal will give Kyiv post-war ‘security shield’ Trump has said he wants $500 billion in rare earth minerals from Ukraine. Reuters | February 13, 2025 | 2:52 pm
Gold’s lighting run rains on India’s wedding season, China offers discounts China and India together account for more than half of global consumer gold demand. Reuters | February 13, 2025 | 1:26 pm
Vale in advanced talks to sell Brazil renewable assets to GIP Reuters sources said Global Infrastructure Partners could pay some $870 million to $1.04 billion for 70% of Alianca and the solar plant. Reuters | February 13, 2025 | 1:14 pm
Eramet names Paulo Castellari as next CEO Castellari has over 30 years of experience in mining and metals and previously worked at Anglo American. Reuters | February 13, 2025 | 1:10 pm
Qatari royal loses UK lawsuit over ‘Idol’s Eye’ diamond An expert had valued the diamond at around $27 million, a court filing said. Reuters | February 13, 2025 | 9:57 am