February 17, 2025 Column: Critical minerals is a meaningless term, needs new definition and strategy The term critical minerals has become so widespread that it has effectively lost its meaning, as it could be applied to virtually every metal being mined.
February 17, 2025 A little-known metal spikes as China-US trade showdown hits home Bismuth, a critical metal used in defense industries, has spiked to a decade-high following China's retaliation of US tariffs.
February 17, 2025 Column: China’s retaliation to Trump tariffs will reshape coking coal flows, prices China's retaliatory tariffs against US energy imports is likely to be most keenly felt in the seaborne market for metallurgical coal.
February 16, 2025 China slows rather than halts copper smelting’s breakneck growth The Chinese government is getting serious about constraining the blind expansion of copper smelters.
February 14, 2025 Silver catches a lift from gold’s bull run to eye 10-year peak After rising 21% in 2024, silver has gained 14% so far in 2025.
February 14, 2025 China’s BYD holds mining rights in Brazil’s Lithium Valley, documents show The EV producer's mineral rights acquisition in Brazil is its biggest step yet toward mining strategic minerals in the West.
February 13, 2025 Global Lithium appoints new CEO in push to develop frozen project Dianmin Chen was appointed as managing director and CEO at its annual shareholder meeting on Thursday.
February 13, 2025 Gold’s lighting run rains on India’s wedding season, China offers discounts China and India together account for more than half of global consumer gold demand.
February 12, 2025 China’s coal plant boom is undercutting clean energy push China’s planners said coal is still needed as backup to balance out the intermittent electricity provided by wind and solar.
February 12, 2025 Ganfeng starts lithium production at Argentina’s Mariana project The Mariana plant has the capacity to produce 20,000 metric tons of lithium chloride per year.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
