October 30, 2025 China to suspend new REE export controls for 1 year China won’t be removing the export limits that were introduced in April.
October 30, 2025 US gets rare earth reprieve from China, but not rollback It is unclear whether the commitment to pause the October measures also includes batteries and industrial diamonds.
October 30, 2025 Agnico Eagle launches $130M Avenir unit for critical minerals Agnico plans to contribute $80M in non-gold and non-copper strategic investments, plus $50M in cash to fund Avenir Minerals.
October 29, 2025 US EXIM considers $200 million loan for rare earth firm REalloys The project would need to obtain US customers for its magnets in order to receive the loan.
October 29, 2025 US gives $1.5 billion loan guarantee for fertilizer from coal The financing for Wabash Valley Resources will be used to restart and repurpose a coal gasification plant idled since 2016.
October 29, 2025 North American miners sell shares at fastest pace since 2013 Gold and silver companies account for a third of the number of October’s stock sales.
October 29, 2025 Copper price hits record in London on supply worries Three-month future contracts rose to as high as $11,146 on the LME.
October 29, 2025 Rio CEO steps up push to streamline sprawling miner Simon Trott said a model built around aluminum, lithium, copper and iron ore would help the group “move faster, make better decisions and perform at our best.”
October 29, 2025 Malaysia’s ban on raw rare earths exports remains despite US deal Malaysia has some 16.1 million metric tons of rare earth deposits, according to government estimates.
October 29, 2025 EU urged to boost critical minerals push amid China curbs Energy security group calls for a permanent investment network to reduce dependence on Beijing and speed up green transition.
Taseko wraps Florence build, nears first copper output The Florence copper project in Arizona is moving from build to operations as Taseko lines up its next phase of copper growth. January 13, 2026 | 06:10 am
