LME to stop running benchmark platinum and palladium auctions Results of the LBMA Platinum and Palladium Price auctions are used across the market and industry for settling contracts and transactions. Bloomberg News | November 20, 2025 | 6:24 am
Angola to speed up mine permits, cut red tape to lift investment The push underpins Angola’s attempts to expand its non-oil minerals sector and attract foreign capital. Bloomberg News | November 20, 2025 | 6:20 am
Inalum targets 2029 to commission new aluminum plant The company plans to build a smelter capable of producing 600,000 metric tons of aluminum a year with an estimated investment of nearly $2.5 billion. Reuters | November 20, 2025 | 6:11 am
Gold exports from Switzerland to China drop in October Supplies to China plunged 93% to 2.1 metric tons, their lowest level since February. Reuters | November 20, 2025 | 6:08 am
Stand-off between China’s iron ore buyer and BHP tightens iron ore supplies Trade of Jimblebar fines is still frozen in China, leaving mills that previously used it switching to a substitute. Reuters | November 20, 2025 | 6:02 am
Column: China steel output slumps as iron ore imports head for record China's steel production this year will drop below 1 billion metric tons for the first time since 2019, but iron ore imports may rise to a record high. Reuters | November 20, 2025 | 5:38 am
Chinese copper demand sags in busy season after prices surge Chinese usage remains heavily weighted to construction and a property sector mired in crisis. Bloomberg News | November 19, 2025 | 6:35 pm
China’s October rare earth magnet exports fall, but US shipments surge Exports to the US jumped by 56.1% from the prior month to 656 tons, the highest since January. Reuters | November 19, 2025 | 5:43 pm
Australia’s Argosy inks lithium sales deal with China’s Chengdu Chemphys Argosy holds a 77.5% stake in the Rincon lithium project in Argentina’s Salta province. Reuters | November 19, 2025 | 5:35 pm