November 24, 2025

Value of EV battery nickel second highest on record, cobalt at 30-month high

Low LFP-penetration markets, Europe is off to the races in 2025 and US buyers pull forward purchases before subsidies end.

November 24, 2025

The three days when BHP tried to crash a copper mining mega deal

The world’s biggest miner made a brazen attempt to gatecrash one of the industry’s biggest-ever deals.

November 24, 2025

Trafigura staff raised nickel concerns years before fraud claim

Trafigura’s lawyers last week described the situation as “a sort of Ponzi scheme,” with the trading house as the sole victim.

November 24, 2025

US EXIM to invest $100B in critical minerals and energy, says chair

The first tranche of investments, according to chair John Jovanovic, will be in Egypt, Pakistan and Europe.

November 24, 2025

MMG’s deal to buy Anglo’s Brazil nickel assets faces EU regulatory delay

The extension underscores regulatory caution and heightened scrutiny of resource deals with China.

November 23, 2025

BHP takes new approach to buy Anglo, adding twist to merger saga

BHP's approach comes just less than three weeks before shareholders of Anglo and Teck are scheduled to vote on the $53 billion merger deal.

November 22, 2025

Britain unveils critical minerals strategy to cut reliance on foreign supply

The strategy seeks to ensure no more than 60% of the UK's supply of any one critical mineral comes from a single country by 2035.

November 22, 2025

Column: Aluminum scrap is the new battle front in critical minerals war

Scrap metal has strategic value to European policy-makers because it sits at the heart of the bloc's industrial policy.

November 21, 2025

Deutsche Bank makes gold trading comeback with bumper earnings

The bank’s precious metals traders generated well over $100 million in revenue during the first half of the year.

November 21, 2025

G-20 calls to shield critical minerals in veiled China swipe

China weaponized its chokehold on critical minerals earlier this year as its trade spat with the US ramped up.