February 6, 2025 Savannah suspends some lithium prospecting in Portugal after injunction Savannah was granted access to over 520 hectares of land, which it does not own, for a year.
February 6, 2025 Critical Metals announces $22.5m financing, shares plummet Critical Metals will issue 4.5 million shares with an offer of $5.00 per share, a significant discount (over 43%) to its opening price Thursday.
February 5, 2025 Financial industry groups raise concern on LME’s OTC trade plans The LME wants its members to transact OTC trades of up to 10 lots, equivalent to 250 tonnes of copper, on its Select trading system.
February 5, 2025 Gold dealers sell BOE bullion at discount in tariff turmoil Dealers are quoting prices for gold at the BOE at discounts of more than $5 an ounce below spot in London.
February 5, 2025 UK’s largest lithium extraction facility gets go-ahead Once scaled to commercial production, the facility in Durham will have a production target of at least 10,000 tonnes a year.
February 4, 2025 Fundraising by junior, intermediate miners at lowest since 2019: S&P Funds raised by junior and intermediate mining companies dropped by 12% in 2024 to $10.27 billion, its lowest in five years.
February 4, 2025 NGOs ask EU to cancel mineral pact with Rwanda over Congo war Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took the Congolese trading hub of Goma last week, leaving thousands dead and wounded and raising concerns of a regional war.
February 4, 2025 Indonesia says Eramet exploring new mining areas in South Sulawesi, Papua Eramet's main operation in Indonesia is its Weda Bay Nickel mine, located in Halmahera, North Maluku.
February 3, 2025 ICMM members contributed higher portion of profits to host nations in 2024 ICMM members contributed a total of $42 billion to their host countries in 2024.
February 3, 2025 Cerrado Gold to acquire Ascendant Resources The deal gives Cerrado an 80% interest in the Lagoa Salgada project in Portugal.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am