June 25, 2025

Some Japan buyers agree to pay aluminum premium 41% below current level

The Japanese aluminum buyers agreed to pay a $108-per-metric-ton premium.

June 24, 2025

Rio Tinto, Hancock Prospecting to develop $1.6B Hope Downs 2 project

The project will have a combined total annual production capacity of 31 million metric tons.

June 23, 2025

Zenith Minerals grows Dulcie gold project resource by 41%

The resource is now estimated at 8.2 million tonnes grading 1.15 grams gold per tonne, for 302,000 oz. of gold.

June 20, 2025

Glencore urges Australia’s support to save Mount Isa smelter

Glencore says its Queensland-based Mount Isa copper smelter is unviable unless the government provides funding.

June 18, 2025

Future low-carbon materials projects need $1.6 trillion in funding, report says

In the metals sector, steel needs 90 projects to be financed by 2030 to meet net-zero goals, while aluminum needs 165.

June 18, 2025

Fleet Space, AI start-ups partner to build quantum sensor mineral exploration pipeline

Company said its working to enhance the geological predictions of modern AI systems.

June 18, 2025

Retired coal mines can give a boost to solar energy — report

Abandoned coal mines from this decade could host 288 GW of solar panels, surpassing Germany's total power plants on unused land.

June 17, 2025

Chevron joins oil majors in US lithium production push

It has secured about 125,000 net acres in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas.

June 16, 2025

Newmont sells exploration projects in Australia to Inflection Resources

Company to acquire a 100% interest in a portfolio of copper-gold exploration projects in New South Wales and the Northern Territory.

June 16, 2025

MinRes, Ganfeng attempt to keep lithium JV alive

Cash injection into Mt Marion comes as MinRes struggles with A$5.8B debt and a market cap that has sunk to A$4.6B.