April 14, 2025

China urges US to follow international law on reported deep-sea metals stockpile plan

The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to enable stockpiling of deep-sea metals found on the Pacific Ocean seabed.

April 13, 2025

UK MPs pass emergency bill to rescue troubled British Steel

The bill will hand Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds extensive powers to direct British Steel’s staff and operations.

April 13, 2025

Trump planning to stockpile deep-sea minerals to counter China: FT

The executive order, according to FT, would allow the US government to build a "strategic reserve" of these critical minerals.

April 12, 2025

How the US and China are rewriting the global monetary system | Carrasco

Markets are whipsawing on tariffs, but are we missing the bigger picture? Fund Manager and commentator Jaime Carrasco joins us with a […]

April 11, 2025

Chinese rare earth shipments held up as trade war upends exports

The delays could take weeks to clear as questions including code classifications are clarified.

April 10, 2025

Infographic: Copper spheres of control

Who controls the future of copper mining?

April 10, 2025

Column: China primes rare earths weapon as trade war escalates

Chances are you've never heard of the rare earths that are now going to be subject to export restrictions, but they have seeped into all aspects of modern technology.

April 10, 2025

China announces quartz discovery vital to chips to rival US mine

High-purity quartz is one of the few critical minerals dominated by the US.

April 10, 2025

Codelco logging strong Q2 demand from China, chairman says

Pacheco told Reuters earlier this week that he was confident in the long-term stability of the copper market.

April 10, 2025

Copper smelting activity fell sharply in March, satellite data shows

Data was provided by Earth-i, which tracks smelters representing up to 95% of global production.