Column: China imports the most energy, but is best placed on Iran China's refiners could reap windfall profits in the event of a prolonged disruption to crude supplies from the Middle East. Reuters | March 4, 2026 | 11:51 am
Landslide kills over 200 people at Congo’s Rubaya mine, ministry says A senior M23 official told Reuters earlier that only five or six died in the accident. Reuters | March 4, 2026 | 11:28 am
Pentagon sought fresh supply of 13 critical minerals day before Iran attack The list includes arsenic, bismuth, gadolinium, germanium, graphite, hafnium, nickel, samarium, tungsten, vanadium, ytterbium, yttrium and zirconium. Reuters | March 4, 2026 | 11:25 am
Defense Metals conditionally approved for Canadian infrastructure funding The funding would allow Defense Metals to advance the development of a new 60-km transmission line to its rare earth mine site. Staff Writer | March 4, 2026 | 10:24 am
Column: Risks to Western aluminum supply rise as Iran war escalates The region is also a significant producer of aluminum, accounting for over 8% of global output last year. Reuters | March 4, 2026 | 9:59 am
LME fines PAC Global Services Spain for warehouse violations The exchange listed eight violations of its warehouse agreement by PGS in a members' notice. Reuters | March 4, 2026 | 9:38 am
Gold price rebounds as investors buy the dip on safe-haven metal Spot gold rose as much as 2.3% to above $5,200 an ounce. Staff Writer | March 4, 2026 | 9:29 am
Venezuelan opportunities are vast, Trump official tells miners Trump is pressing energy companies to spend about $100 billion to rebuild Venezuela’s oil industry. Bloomberg News | March 4, 2026 | 8:26 am
Aluminum price surges to 4-year high on Bahrain force majeure Analysts at Goldman Sachs said prices could hit as high as $3,600 a tonne if production in the region was lost for a month. Staff Writer | March 4, 2026 | 8:15 am