June 12, 2025 US takes first step for potential mineral lease sale near American Samoa A 30-day public comment period will mark the first formal action toward what could be the first mineral lease sale in federal waters in over 30 years
June 12, 2025 Trump mulls using defense powers to fund rare earth projects Officials are discussing using the Defense Production Act to tap financing, loans and other means for rare earths element-related projects.
June 12, 2025 Gold price surges to one-month high on Middle East tensions Spot gold is closing in on the $3,400 mark for the first time since early May.
June 12, 2025 Column: Demand destruction can help break China’s rare earths chokehold Western automakers have chosen to ignore the historical precedent and doubled down on a technology that remains almost totally beholden to Beijing's export whims.
June 12, 2025 Infographic: Who controls the rare earths shaping the future? This graphic breaks down global extraction at the mine level.
June 11, 2025 Perpetua Resources secures $400M equity financing for Stibnite project in Idaho The Stibnite project holds an estimated 148-million-pound antimony reserve — the only identified in the US.
June 11, 2025 Canada eyes further moves to counter foreign steel dumping ArcelorMittal, Cleveland-Cliffs and Algoma Steel Group are among Canada’s top producers.
June 11, 2025 Gold rises on bets of Fed interest rate cuts; platinum surges Bullion rose 0.3% while platinum extended this year’s surge to more than 40%.
June 11, 2025 From boom to bust: battery metal prices tumble as supply floods market Despite rising EV sales, the market fundamentals for lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, graphite and recycled materials worsen.
June 11, 2025 Gold surpasses euro as second-largest reserve asset: European Central Bank Bullion made up about 20% of the global official reserves at the end of 2024, surpassing the euro's 16%, the ECB says in its annual report.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
