March 21, 2025 Trump’s love for coal is crashing into market’s economic reality His administration has signaled it’s eyeing emergency powers to restart shuttered plants and has launched a sweeping overhaul of US environmental mandates.
March 21, 2025 BMO changes some mortgage rules for steel, aluminum business owners due to trade war BMO also added the steel and aluminum sector to its list of industries that are more prone to risk.
March 21, 2025 US-Congo minerals, security talks in early stages, minister says President Felix Tshisekedi has dangled his country’s resources as a way to attract support from US President Donald Trump’s administration.
March 21, 2025 US wants revised terms on Ukraine minerals deal, FT reports The FT reports that Washington wants to broaden the terms of the deal to include other assets, most notably a nuclear power plant that is currently under Russian control.
March 21, 2025 Gates-backed explorer makes play for Congo lithium deposit KoBold Metals has told the government of the DRC it wants to develop one of the world’s biggest hard rock lithium deposits.
March 21, 2025 Former Newmont executive tapped to oversee mining on US energy council Created last month, the council's mandate is to boost not only US oil and gas production, but also the extraction and processing of lithium, copper and other critical minerals.
March 20, 2025 Tariffs, uncertainty, driving nations to tighten grip on critical minerals Resource nationalism is on the rise, with governments tightening control over critical minerals through higher taxes, regulations, and strategic policies. Verisk Maplecroft’s […]
March 20, 2025 Trump says he’ll soon sign Ukraine natural resources deal The president spoke about the Ukraine agreement shortly after he invoked emergency powers to boost the US’s ability to produce critical minerals.
March 20, 2025 Trump to expand critical mineral production using wartime powers An executive order signed Thursday taps the Defense Production Act as part of an effort to provide financing for critical minerals projects.
March 20, 2025 Morningstar analysis offers contrarian view on gold, sees $1,820 in five years The forecast follows an analysis into the long-term supply and demand of the metal, taking into consideration the extraction cost of gold.
Zimbabwe to continue mineral purchases in 2026, central bank governor says The central bank has aggressively pursued a foreign currency accumulation strategy through mandatory mining royalties, outright gold purchases and leveraging on the rally in gold. December 28, 2025 | 09:29 am
