July 30, 2025

Column: Aluminum flows shift after Trump doubles down on tariffs

Canadian smelters have started diverting primary metal away from the United States in response to the ratcheting up of import tariffs.

July 30, 2025

Glencore to cut costs by $1 billion and raises trading goal

Glencore raised its long-term annual profit forecast for trading to $2.3 billion to $3.5 billion despite mining pressures.

July 29, 2025

Column: EU’s pledge for $250 billion of US energy imports is delusional

The scale of the delusion probably exceeds what Trump and China agreed in their so-called Phase 1 trade deal in December 2019, writes Reuters columnist Clyde Russell.

July 29, 2025

Finland reclaims mining crown as Canada loses ground

Finland is now the top jurisdiction for mining and exploration, reclaiming its early 2010s status, followed by Nevada and Alaska.

July 28, 2025

Battery startup raises $200 million to fund Northvolt deal

The new funding enables Lyten to acquire intellectual property related to energy storage systems.

July 28, 2025

Copper price pulls back sharply ahead of US tariff deadline

The most active copper futures on the COMEX fell by nearly 3% to $5.613/lb.

July 28, 2025

Gold price retreats to near 3-week low on US-EU trade deal

Spot gold fell to as low as $3,302.50 earlier in the session.

July 28, 2025

Adriatic boosts output but trims forecast ahead of Dundee deal

Adriatic's Vareš project in Bosnia saw silver equivalent output rise 23% to 1.7M ounces in Q2, up from 1.4M in Q1.

July 25, 2025

Trafigura’s buyback headache grows amid fresh wave of exits

Trafigura has deferred about 30% of the buybacks that were scheduled for this year, Bloomberg sources say.

July 24, 2025

Column: Copper’s physical tariff trade is rapidly unwinding

The market was betting that tariffs would be set lower and come with a longer lead-time.