April 20, 2025

Is Basel III setting up a new gold-backed monetary system?

The implementation of Basel III across the global banking system has been ongoing since 2019, but the United States has not yet moved to it.

April 20, 2025

China’s export controls are curbing critical mineral shipments to the world

Exports of antimony and germanium products in the first quarter were down 57% and 39%, respectively, compared to a year earlier.

April 18, 2025

RANKED: World’s biggest copper mines

Over the next few years and decades, the biggest copper mines would play a pivotal role in the energy transition.

April 17, 2025

Ukraine-US sign memorandum on minerals deal

The signing follows remarks by US President Donald Trump earlier in the day that a deal on Ukraine's critical minerals will be signed next Thursday.

April 17, 2025

Gold starts coming back to Switzerland from US after exclusion from Trump’s tariffs

Customs data showed that the country's gold imports from the US rose to a thirteen-month high in March.

April 17, 2025

Copper and the new resource spheres of control

MINING.COM and The Northern Miner mapped global copper production through a geopolitical lens, dividing the world into five “spheres of control”: American, […]

April 17, 2025

Turkish nickel bull plans $2 billion M&A spree to rival China

After making his fortune in chrome and shipping, billionaire Robert Yuksel Yildirim is on a hunt for nickel mines.

April 16, 2025

Sandvik says no tariff hit on demand so far, after profit miss

Swedish mining equipment maker missed quarterly earnings estimates on Wednesday.

April 16, 2025

Ukraine, US make ‘substantial progress’ on minerals deal, Kyiv says

Trump is seeking a minerals deal as part of his push to end Ukraine's war.

April 14, 2025

Marex Group acquires UK cobalt trader Darton Commodities

Marex also recently bought warehousing and logistics company Edgemere Terminals.