November 20, 2025

Stand-off between China’s iron ore buyer and BHP tightens iron ore supplies

Trade of Jimblebar fines is still frozen in China, leaving mills that previously used it switching to a substitute.

November 19, 2025

Australia’s Argosy inks lithium sales deal with China’s Chengdu Chemphys

Argosy holds a 77.5% stake in the Rincon lithium project in Argentina’s Salta province.

November 19, 2025

Trafigura’s Nyrstar casts first antimony at South Australia plant

The facility could scale up to 5,000 tons of refined antimony metal per annum by 2028, the company said.

November 19, 2025

Rio Tinto cuts alumina output in Australia

The reduction amounts to about 1.2 million tonnes of alumina a year, though the company said customer supply commitments will not be affected.

November 19, 2025

West scrambles to fill heavy rare earth gap as China rivalry deepens

Shortages of heavy elements dysprosium and terbium could be an Achilles heel for MP Materials and the West's campaign to forge a magnets industry.

November 19, 2025

IGO sees no path forward for WA lithium refinery

IGO has no hope of a recovery for the embattled Kwinana lithium refinery, a joint venture with Tianqi Lithium, despite green shoots in the lithium market.

November 18, 2025

RANKED: World’s top 20 gold projects

The combined ounces in the ground for the top 20 projects is north of 900 million and at today's prices worth a mouth-watering $3.7 trillion.

November 18, 2025

Column: China deal buys US time to build critical minerals supply chain

The Trump administration has sought to diversify the critical minerals supply chain with a multi-pronged strategy.

November 17, 2025

Viridis secures Canadian financing interest for rare earths project

It received a letter of interest from Export Development Canada for up to $100 million in debt financing for its Colossus rare earths project in Brazil.

November 17, 2025

Rio Tinto to cut Yarwun alumina output to extend plant life

Company said it will cut output at its Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone by 40% from October next year to extend the plant's life to 2035.