December 18, 2025 Australia lifts commodity export outlook on iron ore, gold price The value of all raw material shipments will be A$383 billion in the year through June 2026.
December 18, 2025 Brian Gilbertson, South Africa dealmaker who led BHP, dies at 82 He helped build BHP Billiton Ltd. before his departure as chief executive officer in 2003.
December 17, 2025 Global lithium prices spike but remain below 2024 average, says Cochilco The average price to date is $9,306/ton, 24% lower than the $12,296 registered in 2024.
December 17, 2025 Coal demand hits fresh high as US output rises — IEA Coal keeps defying forecasts, with US output rebounding even as clean energy expands and long-term demand finally nears a peak.
December 16, 2025 Friedland-backed Sunrise raises another $21.5M for scandium project This represents the third placement that Sunrise announced over the past month.
December 16, 2025 South32 to mothball Mozambique smelter in March as power talks collapse The Mozal smelter accounts for just over 29% of company's total aluminum production in fiscal 2025.
December 15, 2025 Rio Tinto-backed Sovereign Metals partners with World Bank’s IFC for Malawi graphite project Kasiya is the world's largest rutile and second largest graphite deposit.
December 15, 2025 Westgold to spin out non-core assets, launch Australian IPO Included in the spinout are Reedy’s and Comet -- two brownfield assets with a combined mineral resource of 1.2 million oz.
December 15, 2025 Li-FT Power expands in Quebec with $87M acquisition of Winsome Li-FT will also acquire an aggregate 75% interest in the Galinée property in Quebec from Azimut and SOQUEM.
December 15, 2025 Russian court rules in favour of Rusal in $1.32B lawsuit against Rio Tinto The ruling intensifies a legal battle over a joint alumina refinery in Queensland, Australia, that Rio took sole control of.
Energy storage boom strengthens demand outlook for beaten-down lithium The data centre building boom in China and globally has also driven growing power storage demand for lithium, analyst says. January 04, 2026 | 05:54 pm
Korea Zinc revises share issuance for US smelter to $1.94 billion The $1.94 billion would fund the establishment of a non-ferrous metal smelter for the production of core minerals such as antimony and gallium. January 04, 2026 | 11:55 am
Ganfeng Lithium says it may face insider-trading charges In a statement published in July 2024, Ganfeng said it had traded shares of Jiangxi Special Electric Motor Co. in 2020 using insider information. January 04, 2026 | 09:02 am