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
Chinese copper supplies swell as output climbs to record levels Refined copper output is expected to rise to almost 1.2 million tons this month, according to a poll. Bloomberg News | March 4, 2026 | 7:29 am
PDAC: Canada will be G20’s quickest on mining permits, Natural Resources Minister vows The government is pushing five projects valued in the billions of dollars, from copper in British Columbia to tungsten in New Brunswick. Colin McLelland | March 4, 2026 | 7:24 am