November 25, 2025

Column: Limp COP30 deal matters little in renewables vs fossil battle

What the COP30 did confirm is that the energy transition is increasingly divided into countries that rely on fossil fuels and those that are trying to end reliance.

November 24, 2025

Value of EV battery nickel second highest on record, cobalt at 30-month high

Low LFP-penetration markets, Europe is off to the races in 2025 and US buyers pull forward purchases before subsidies end.

November 24, 2025

US EXIM to invest $100B in critical minerals and energy, says chair

The first tranche of investments, according to chair John Jovanovic, will be in Egypt, Pakistan and Europe.

November 23, 2025

BHP takes new approach to buy Anglo, adding twist to merger saga

BHP's approach comes just less than three weeks before shareholders of Anglo and Teck are scheduled to vote on the $53 billion merger deal.

November 22, 2025

Column: Aluminum scrap is the new battle front in critical minerals war

Scrap metal has strategic value to European policy-makers because it sits at the heart of the bloc's industrial policy.

November 21, 2025

US reopens $500M tender as cobalt prices soar

The Defense Logistics Agency first sought offers in mid-August for up to 7,500 tons of cobalt as prices rise more than threefold.

November 21, 2025

G-20 calls to shield critical minerals in veiled China swipe

China weaponized its chokehold on critical minerals earlier this year as its trade spat with the US ramped up.

November 21, 2025

Trump signs proclamation to ease regulations on coke oven processing plants

The proclamation gives some plants an exemption from certain emissions requirements for a period of 2 years beyond their compliance dates.

November 21, 2025

Antimony in a ‘perfect storm’ of falling production, surging demand, Larvotto MD says

High grade tungsten discovery adds more momentum to Hillgrove project in New South Wales.

November 21, 2025

Pentagon lends $700 million to Vulcan, ReElement for rare earth magnets

With the funding, Vulcan and ReElement expect to produce as much as 10,000 metric tons of the magnet material over the next several years.