February 28, 2025 Column: Critical minerals take centre stage in world politics Critical metals have become the new bargaining chip on the geopolitical card table.
February 28, 2025 Trump’s proposed auto tariffs seen hitting demand for platinum group metals The auto sector accounts for nearly 40% of platinum demand and 80% of palladium offtake globally.
February 27, 2025 Rio Tinto buyout target Arcadium posts loss on falling lithium prices Rio Tinto plans to create a standalone lithium division after it completes the $6.7 billion acquisition.
February 27, 2025 Trump’s ‘very big’ minerals deal may pay off with US Republicans Analysts said a successful agreement increased the chances that members of the party would be willing to approve more aid for Ukraine.
February 26, 2025 Liberty Gold sets 2028 build clock for Black Pine under Idaho’s new SPEED Act Upcoming milestones include continued exploration drilling and a resource upgrade by June.
February 26, 2025 Trump’s tariff threat sparks global race to get copper to the US The gap between copper prices in the US and the rest of the world widened sharply after Trump's announcement on Tuesday.
February 26, 2025 Potential US copper tariffs seen costing domestic industry dearly President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched a probe into potential new tariffs on copper imports.
February 26, 2025 Column: Trump’s tariff threat presages turbulent times for Doctor Copper Doctor Copper has been trying to price in the potential for US import tariffs since late January.
February 26, 2025 Chile monitoring US probe into potential metals tariffs Chile is the world's largest copper producer and the top supplier of the red metal to the United States.
February 26, 2025 What are Russia’s rare earth metals ambitions? President Putin has offered the US the opportunity under a future economic deal to jointly explore Russia's rare earth metal deposits.
Chile’s Mantoverde copper output hit as labor talks stall, union says The labor authority had notified that the company will not have emergency personnel from the union to keep facilities operational. January 12, 2026 | 11:18 am
