November 11, 2025 Guinea aims for global high-grade iron ore leverage with Simandou launch Guinea wants to bypass China and sell its Simandou high-grade iron ore directly to Europe and the Middle East.
November 6, 2025 ICL could lose Dead Sea concession in 2030 under government tender plan ICL, which extracts mainly potash and magnesium from the concession, has held exclusive rights to minerals from the Dead Sea site for five decades.
October 23, 2025 US, Orion partner on $5B critical minerals fund The partners have made initial capital commitments totaling $1.8 billion.
October 21, 2025 Saudi Arabia draws Macquarie, Rinehart in Australia pursuit Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and Saudi state-backed Maaden recently won the right to dig for metals together in the kingdom.
October 15, 2025 Top 50 mining companies surge to new record near $2 trillion valuation The value of the world’s 50 biggest miners surged by more than $450B in a single quarter after a broad-based rally sparked by rampant gold and copper prices.
October 14, 2025 Aramco trading pushes into metals, plans copper hires Aramco Trading could make prepayments to mines and smelters as part of the build-out of a copper position.
October 7, 2025 Peru minister touts Saudi mining interest and Chevron offshore potential The parties expect to sign an MOU in November to develop lithium, copper and other strategic mineral projects.
September 17, 2025 Ivanhoe in ongoing talks with sovereign funds after Qatar investment, Friedland says Friedland said Qatar's investment opens doors, especially in predominantly Islamic countries where he believes there are large, untapped mineral deposits.
September 17, 2025 Friedland sells 4% of Ivanhoe to Qatar for $500M Ivanhoe plans to issue 57.5 million common shares to the Qatar Investment Authority.
September 9, 2025 Bahrain sponsors deep-sea mining firm Impossible Metals for international permit Bahrain, now the first Middle Eastern country to back deep-sea mining, could potentially fund a metals refinery in the future.
EU risks slow demise of aluminum industry if carbon tax not scrapped, Constellium CEO says The upcoming tax - coupled with concerns over supply - has pushed up European premiums for physical metal to a 10-month high. December 05, 2025 | 10:47 am
