June 4, 2025

China increases scrutiny over rare earth magnets with new tracking system

Beijing unveiled high-level plans to establish an information tracing system for rare earth products last June, but there had been no mention of it again until last week.

June 4, 2025

Rio Tinto revising cost of Serbia lithium project

Rio is the only major mining company to bet heavily on lithium.

June 4, 2025

Cobalt Holdings drops London IPO plans

The company previously aimed to raise as much as $230 million, which would have been the largest mining IPO in London since 2022.

June 4, 2025

EU adds 13 new critical mineral projects abroad

Brussels expands raw materials push amid China's export curbs.

June 4, 2025

Tin price hits week high on concerns about slow restart of Myanmar supply

Myanmar is the world's third-largest tin producer.

June 4, 2025

China’s rare earth export curbs hit the auto industry worldwide

BMW says supplier network affected, while Mercedes is looking for 'buffers' to protect supplies.

June 3, 2025

US skips hike in UK steel and aluminum tariffs as both countries eye quick trade deal

British trade minister Jonathan Reynolds and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met in Paris on Tuesday.

June 3, 2025

Global alarms rise as China’s critical mineral export ban takes hold

German automakers became the latest to warn that China's export restrictions threaten to shut down production and rattle their local economies.

June 3, 2025

PGM market set for a comeback?

For years, platinum and palladium were written off—casualties of the electric vehicle boom. But a new report from natural resource specialists Goehring […]

June 3, 2025

RANKED: World’s 20 biggest silver-producing mines

We ranked the top 20 silver-producing operations of 2024, based on their actual or estimated output.