PDAC: Ontario shifts metals strategy to defence as EVs stall, mining minister says The previous strategy focused on the electric vehicle market and emphasized the need for clean technologies, but the world has changed. Colin McLelland | March 4, 2026 | 2:24 pm
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