April 3, 2025 Mining consolidation to speed up as Chinese demand growth slows However, full-scale mergers and acquisitions activity among diversified miners could be hampered for now, investors said at a CESCO event this week.
April 3, 2025 Kazakhstan says it has discovered 20-million-tonne rare earth metals deposit If confirmed, the deposit would place Kazakhstan behind only China and Brazil by size of reserves.
April 3, 2025 Trump’s tariffs shake markets, threaten metals trade The tariffs include a universal 10% levy on imports and targeted measures on 60 countries, marking a major shift in trade policy.
April 3, 2025 Myanmar’s tin-rich Wa State delays mining resumption meeting after earthquake A tin trader said it was difficult to predict when operations could resume.
April 2, 2025 Korea Zinc agrees historic cut in smelting fees in Teck deal The annual deals for concentrates produced at Teck’s Red Dog mine in Alaska are often used as the benchmark for other deals in the zinc industry.
April 2, 2025 Column: Copper market grows wary of what follows its US tariff rush The race is on to get as much physical copper as possible through US customs before tariffs kick in.
April 2, 2025 Codelco strikes copper deal with Adani amid tariff threat Chilean copper giant Codelco will supply copper to Adani's Kutch smelter — the world’s largest — starting this year.
April 1, 2025 Global battery market entering new phase with high demand, low prices – IEA According to the IEA, global battery demand reached a historic milestone of 1 terawatt-hours last year, with annual electric car sales rising by 25% to 17 million.
March 31, 2025 ArcelorMittal South Africa defers plant closure after $92M injection The closure of the long-steel operations has been expected since November 2023.
March 28, 2025 Tin prices jump after earthquake hits Myanmar Myanmar is the world's third-largest tin producer and a dominant supplier to China.
Gold and silver prices stumble at the end of best year since the 1970s Both metals are on track for their best year since 1979. December 31, 2025 | 12:59 pm
