July 8, 2025

Next Rio Tinto boss expected to entertain big deals, cut costs

A new CEO will have to walk a fine line between cost discipline and repositioning the miner for a potentially dramatic shift towards copper.

July 8, 2025

Banks channeled $385 billion into coal industry since COP26

In a 2021 climate summit, nearly 200 governments agreed to phase down coal, and major banks pledged to decarbonize.

July 7, 2025

China’s mining investment sets new record

There were 10 deals worth more than $100 million in 2024, the most since 2013, data from S&P and Mergermarket shows.

July 7, 2025

CHART: Nickel overtakes lithium as most valuable EV battery metal as prices slump

And that is despite the significant move towards nickel-free batteries such as lithium iron phosphate or LPF and the significant cooling of nickel prices at the same time.

July 6, 2025

South32 sells Cerro Matoso nickel mine as it looks to copper and zinc

Australian miner sells Colombian operation to refocus on copper and zinc.

July 6, 2025

Column: Metals smelting is the West’s next critical minerals crisis

China's rapid expansion of processing capacity is crushing margins across the metallic spectrum.

July 4, 2025

Iron ore gets second weekly boost on hopes of supply-side reform

Analysts at Citigroup see the signals from China as a likely precursor for so-called supply-side reform 2.0.

July 4, 2025

Kinterra scores small win in New World Copper takeover fight

Australia's Takeovers Panel has blocked New World from issuing shares to CAML, giving Kinterra time to contest the deal.

July 3, 2025

Infographic: Who controls rare earth processing?

This graphic tracks refined output of rare earth magnets.

July 2, 2025

Rio Tinto-backed aluminum firm to invest $1.1 billion in Canada smelter

Aluminerie Alouette is a consortium made up of Rio Tinto, which owns 40%, and other companies including AMAG Austria Metall AG and Norway’s Hydro Aluminium.