July 7, 2025 Royal Gold to acquire Sandstorm, Horizon in $3.7B deal The combined company will have 80 assets, with 87% of revenue from precious metals and gold contributing about 75% alone.
July 7, 2025 CHART: Nickel overtakes lithium as most valuable EV battery metal as prices slump And that is despite the significant move towards nickel-free batteries such as lithium iron phosphate or LPF and the significant cooling of nickel prices at the same time.
July 6, 2025 South32 sells Cerro Matoso nickel mine as it looks to copper and zinc Australian miner sells Colombian operation to refocus on copper and zinc.
July 4, 2025 Newmont to fire at least 10% of staff at Suriname’s Merian mine According to the company, some 1,550 people currently work at the Merian site.
July 4, 2025 Iron ore gets second weekly boost on hopes of supply-side reform Analysts at Citigroup see the signals from China as a likely precursor for so-called supply-side reform 2.0.
July 4, 2025 Peru ramps up fight against illegal mining, kicks most informal miners off permit scheme Peru's government has kicked 50,565 informal miners off of a temporary program.
July 4, 2025 Chaos in Bolivian Congress over China, Russia lithium contracts Bolivian lawmakers and protesters clashed over lithium deals with China and Russia, accusing the government of selling out national interests.
July 4, 2025 India to woo foreign copper miners, expand ties India plans to promote investments by foreign companies, including Codelco and BHP.
July 3, 2025 Peru copper snags highlight rising clout of informal miners Frustrated by regulatory restrictions and red tape, thousands of small-scale gold and copper miners in Peru are staging protests.
July 3, 2025 Marimaca surges to 15-year high on strong copper hits in Chile That intercept, drilled from 594 metres depth in hole SMRD-13, included 26 metres at 4.1% copper and 100 metres grading 1.3% copper.
Silver price: Here’s what to watch for after wild ride past $80 Surging investor interest in China has been a key driver of silver prices in recent days. December 30, 2025 | 08:59 am
