Congo sticking to cobalt export quotas, keen to boost processing
Miners will be allowed to ship up to 18,125 tons of cobalt for the rest of 2025, with annual caps of 96,600 tons in 2026 and 2027.
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Aurubis starts production at US copper recycling plant
Production will include 70,000 tons of high-grade blister copper with purity of 98-99%.
G7 mulls rare earth price floors, other measures to counter China
According to Reuters, the G7 leaders recently met in Chicago to address their overreliance on Chinese supply.
Zijin Gold delays $3.2 billion IPO as typhoon pummels Hong Kong
The company pushed back the listing, set to be the world’s second largest this year, by a day to Sept. 30.
China rare earths issue remains unresolved, US lawmaker says
Beijing has used its position as a strategic lever as trade tensions with the Trump administration escalated earlier this year.
Peru’s Minsur to start work on $500 million copper mine in October
The underground mine is targeted to become the nation's second-largest.
Nevada Lithium surges on critical minerals extraction partnership with Korea’s Hydro
Hydro currently produces battery-grade lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate with an annual production capacity of 3,600 tonnes.
Appian sells polymetallic royalty, silver stream to Versamet
The sale comprises a 2.75% NSR on the Santa Rita polymetallic mine in Brazil and a 90% silver stream on the Rosh Pinah mine in Namibia.
Copper price spikes on Freeport’s Grasberg force majeure
Two workers died in the Sept. 8 accident at Grasberg, and five remain missing.
