May 23, 2025 Rio Tinto board looks for new CEO who knows mining better Rio's operations improved under Jakob Stausholm, but investors questioned his lack of technical expertise from the start.
May 23, 2025 Poland to cut copper mining tax from 2026, finance minister says The tax on mineral extraction, including copper, was introduced in 2012.
May 22, 2025 Neo Performance Materials exits separation facilities in China The exit concludes a strategic review it launched last year.
May 21, 2025 LME WEEK: Mercuria says copper deficits could push prices to records Nicholas Snowdon, a high-profile copper bull at Geneva-based Mercuria, said he expects record prices for the metal sooner than later.
May 21, 2025 Greenland gives Danish-French group permit to mine rock with green potential The permit was granted to Greenland Anorthosite Mining, backed by French, Danish and Greenlander investment funds.
May 21, 2025 Critical minerals still dominated by few despite diversification efforts: IEA The average market share of the top three refined material suppliers rose from 82% to 86% between 2020 and 2024, says IEA.
May 21, 2025 Energy storage boom drives battery shift, leaving nickel, cobalt behind LFP batteries are fuelling a boom in energy storage projects.
May 21, 2025 Rosneft acquires Russia’s largest rare earth deposit The move by Russia’s state-run oil giant Rosneft mirrors a broader trend of oil majors diversifying into critical minerals.
May 20, 2025 LME approves three more warehouse facilities for Hong Kong LME first approved Hong Kong warehouses in January, after more than a year of work.
May 20, 2025 LME WEEK: Trump’s copper tariff threat still a lucrative bet for traders The premium for copper on COMEX has fallen to $600 a ton, a level traders say is still high enough to make a lucrative profit.
Silver price suffers biggest loss since 2021, gold price falls from record Earlier, spot prices had soared to as high as $83.63 per ounce. December 29, 2025 | 08:54 am
