July 25, 2021

US judge rules Lithium Americas may excavate Nevada mine site

The ruling marked a rare win for a US critical minerals project.

July 25, 2021

Record profits and blockbuster dividends: Here come the miners

The top-five western diversified miners may have earned a combined $85 billion for the first half of the year, according to analyst estimates, more than double the level from a…

July 24, 2021

What countries would make if they sold their Olympic medals at current metals prices

London-based broker ETX Capital ran the numbers and found that the US would make over $1.14 million.

July 23, 2021

EV startup Lucid risks SPAC deal collapse on no-show holders

Lucid Motors is on the verge of completing a merger that will give the Saudi-owned EV startup $4.5 billion in fresh capital.

July 23, 2021

Rio Tinto spending $108m to study going underground at Kennecott

Potential underground mining would occur concurrently with open-pit operations.

July 23, 2021

Newmont to decide on $2 billion Peru project by year-end

The project would allow operations at the massive Yanacocha gold mine in northern Peru’s Cajamarca region to continue beyond 2040.

July 22, 2021

US steelmakers earnings leave investors pondering peak prices

Yet investors are clearly focused more on the outlook from Nucor Corp. and Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

July 22, 2021

Cleveland-Cliffs’ record Q2 results marred by earnings miss

Cleveland-Cliffs reported record operating and financial metrics for the June quarter.

July 22, 2021

Record US coal shipment to China highlights Australia’s pain

Met coal prices have rallied this year on strengthening global steel demand.

July 22, 2021

Gold trader’s chat bragged about ‘how easy’ it is to manipulate prices

Former Deutsche Bank trader Edward Bases allegedly put out bids to buy gold futures valued around $244 million over the course of four-and-a-half minutes, with more than 98% canceled without…