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.
June 12, 2025 Infographic: Who controls the rare earths shaping the future? This graphic breaks down global extraction at the mine level.
June 11, 2025 Lower-grade Australian iron ore sparks global benchmark change Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has proposed to revise down the specification for its benchmark index to 61% iron content from 62%.
June 11, 2025 From boom to bust: battery metal prices tumble as supply floods market Despite rising EV sales, the market fundamentals for lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, graphite and recycled materials worsen.
Canada Nickel’s Crawford project gets fast-tracked With the 1P1P fast tracking, the province hopes construction can start on Crawford by the end of the year. January 13, 2026 | 11:31 am
