October 22, 2025

Western retail demand for gold surges in rush for hard assets

For Britain's Royal Mint, the surge in investor appetite has translated into record-breaking activity.

October 22, 2025

Column: US-Australia critical minerals deal underscores the gap to China

Even if more money is committed to developing mining projects and the mid and downstream processing of ores, it would take years to wean Western buyers off Chinese suppliers.

October 21, 2025

Saudi Arabia draws Macquarie, Rinehart in Australia pursuit

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and Saudi state-backed Maaden recently won the right to dig for metals together in the kingdom.

October 21, 2025

RANKED: Top 10 automakers by battery cobalt spending

Congo’s export quotas have lit a fire under cobalt prices and spending on the battery material is up 51% year on year despite ongoing thrifting. 

October 21, 2025

Rare earth stocks surge in Sydney after Trump’s Australia pact

The pact signals a new way for miners to approach capital raising.

October 20, 2025

South32 posts 135% jump in quarterly manganese output

The diversified miner said it had successfully executed the operational recovery plan at its Australia operations.

October 20, 2025

EIB seeking critical minerals investments in Australia, exec says

"We are capable to take risk ... we use our capital very efficiently to go for the right projects," says Nicola Beer, vice president of the European Investment Bank.

October 20, 2025

BHP bets on iron ore resilience despite China slowdown; Q1 output misses

BHP kept its fiscal 2026 output forecast for Western Australia iron ore unchanged at between 284 and 296 million tonnes.

October 20, 2025

Minespider, Rare Earth Ventures partner to bring traceability to Australian minerals supply chain

Through this collaboration, the two companies will deploy digital product passports that embed transparent, verifiable data into raw material supply chains.

October 20, 2025

Trump signs agreement on critical minerals with Australia

Albanese said the deal represented an $8.5 billion “pipeline that we have ready to go.”