October 30, 2025 Japan’s Sojitz begins importing heavy rare earths from Australia Since 2011, when Sojitz signed an exclusive sales deal with Lynas for light rare earths for the Japanese market.
October 30, 2025 Indonesia to give Amman Mineral 400,000t copper concentrate export quota Indonesia banned exports of copper concentrate and other raw minerals from mid-2023.
October 30, 2025 China to suspend new REE export controls for 1 year China won’t be removing the export limits that were introduced in April.
October 30, 2025 BHP, POSCO sign deal to advance hydrogen-based low emissions iron Construction is set to begin soon with commissioning targeted for early 2028.
October 30, 2025 Global gold demand climbs 3% to quarterly record as investment soars, WGC says Demand for bars and coins rose 17% in the third quarter, led by India and China.
October 30, 2025 Macquarie appoints Peter Taylor to head commodity strategy Taylor will lead a team of 11 commodity strategists across 4 cities while continuing to head the Geneva office.
October 29, 2025 Goldman lifts iron ore forecast for next year, but stays bearish The bank sees prices of the steelmaking staple averaging $93 a ton in 2026, $5 higher than its previous estimate.
October 29, 2025 Rio CEO steps up push to streamline sprawling miner Simon Trott said a model built around aluminum, lithium, copper and iron ore would help the group “move faster, make better decisions and perform at our best.”
October 29, 2025 Malaysia’s ban on raw rare earths exports remains despite US deal Malaysia has some 16.1 million metric tons of rare earth deposits, according to government estimates.
October 28, 2025 Lynas invests in new Malaysian heavy rare earth facility to meet rising demand The new facility will have the capacity to separate up to 5,000 tonnes per annum of heavy rare earth feedstock, it said.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am
