December 1, 2025 Kodal ships first spodumene concentrates to China The company expects the payment to total $24 million, which would be the first revenue generated by its Malian subsidiary.
November 30, 2025 Zijin founder who built the $100 billion Chinese miner retires Chen Jinghe will step down as chairman after steering the company to the upper echelon of global metals miners.
November 30, 2025 Tianqi keeps door open to international arbitration in SQM fight The company has been arguing that a deal to give Codelco majority ownership in SQM’s prized Atacama lithium should have gone to a shareholder vote.
November 30, 2025 High gold prices hit demand across major Asian hubs In top consumer China, bullion traded anywhere from a premium of $1.40 to discounts of up to $16 an ounce.
November 28, 2025 SolGold rejects Jiangxi takeover bid amid copper deals frenzy The copper miner said it was the second takeover approach from Jiangxi Copper in less than a week.
November 28, 2025 China’s top copper smelters to cut output to combat negative processing fees China’s top copper smelters will cut production by over 10% in 2026 to counter overcapacity.
November 28, 2025 Copper tensions run high with global market at ‘historic point’ Pricing talks were unusually fierce during a major industry gathering in Shanghai this week.
November 28, 2025 Mercuria metals boss says ‘this is the big one’ for copper bulls Kostas Bintas says copper will soon start ratcheting higher still, as the revival of the lucrative US arbitrage trade fuels shortages elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 Comex copper premium here to stay, LME executive says The divergence between CME and LME, driven by US tariffs, has drained LME inventories.
November 27, 2025 Japanese copper smelters seek 2026 TC/RCs different from China-set benchmarks Global smelting capacity is expanding faster than mined supply, led by China, creating a persistent tightness in concentrate that has squeezed smelters' margins.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
