December 12, 2025 Lithium may get much-needed demand boost from battery storage The cost of building utility-scale batteries has declined in recent years.
December 12, 2025 SolGold weighs higher $1.1B Jiangxi bid as copper M&A heats up A successful acquisition would give JCC full control of SolGold's Cascabel project, a major undeveloped copper-gold resource.
December 11, 2025 Chinese zinc smelter breaks contract with Teck’s Alaska mine amid tariffs Teck supplies zinc concentrate from Red Dog, one of the world's largest zinc mines, to global clients, including in Asia.
December 11, 2025 Rare earth trade talks top mining trends: Wood Mac The 2025 recap shows rare earths moving to the centre of global energy security as China’s dominance in refining and magnet materials gives it growing geopolitical leverage.
December 11, 2025 Innovation slump drags mining productivity down — report New McKinsey research says mining productivity has stalled for years as costs rise and grades fall, but innovation could reverse it.
December 10, 2025 China’s iron ore giant says speculation is overheating prices China Iron and Steel Association said spot prices rose more than 5% in more than three weeks between Nov. 7 and Dec. 2.
December 10, 2025 Ford suppliers receive China’s new streamlined rare earth licences Ford appears to be the first foreign customer to acknowledge that suppliers have received approvals under the streamlined system.
December 10, 2025 Falling inventory behind silver price surge: Sprott Analysts led by Paul Wong wrote that the global silver inventory has reached a point where any further demand is "creating price convexity".
December 10, 2025 Chinese gold miner to buy 50% of St Barbara unit for $245M The subsidiary would hold an 80% stake in the Simberi gold project in Papua New Guinea.
December 10, 2025 Another Chinese rare earth producer gets streamlined licence for magnet exports Ningbo Jintian Copper said on Wednesday it had secured streamlined licences for magnet product exports.
Gold and silver prices stumble at the end of best year since the 1970s Both metals are on track for their best year since 1979. December 31, 2025 | 12:59 pm
