February 10, 2025 Global Lithium fights alleged Chinese takeover The Australian junior says China-linked shareholders are attempting to gain control of the board and its Manna lithium project.
February 7, 2025 China’s central bank buys more gold as prices hit record Gold reserves held by the People’s Bank of China rose for a third straight month in January.
February 7, 2025 China starts pilot project allowing insurance funds to invest in gold The world's biggest bullion consumer will allow some of its insurance funds to buy gold for medium- and long-term asset allocations.
February 7, 2025 CATL resuming production at Jiangxi mine, UBS says Chinese battery giant is resuming operations at its lithium lepidolite mine.
February 6, 2025 Tungsten miner says clients in shock as China chokes supply China accounts for about 80% of the world’s tungsten output.
February 6, 2025 Column: Another cobalt bust but this time it’s different The cobalt market is no stranger to boom and bust cycles but the current downturn is unprecedented and no-one is sure how long it's going to last.
February 6, 2025 Mongolia seeks to boost coal exports to China with new rail link Mongolia was China’s fourth-largest supplier of foreign coal last year, and provided 60% of coking coal imports for the nation’s massive steel mills.
February 6, 2025 Vale takes full control of Baovale iron ore project The Baovale joint venture was established by the Brazilian mining giant and Baosteel in 2001 to run the Agua Limpa mine.
February 5, 2025 Column: Trump or BRICS? The quandary for Africa’s miners and governments Beyond the short-term volatility created by Donald Trump's tariff machinations, it's likely that the longer-term trend of the world splitting into two trading blocs is accelerating.
February 5, 2025 Chinese firms control around 75% of Indonesian nickel capacity, report finds According to the report, Indonesia's 8-million-tonne refining capacity was distributed across 33 companies, but ownership tracing showed shareholder overlap.
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
