August 29, 2025 Column: A quiet revolution is unfolding in the mining sector Ore grades at existing copper mines are steadily falling, big new discoveries are becoming rarer and development times can stretch up to a decade.
August 28, 2025 Caterpillar warns tariff impact bigger than previously seen The annual tariff range is higher than Caterpillar’s Aug. 5 guidance of $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion.
August 28, 2025 Tariffs turn Rio Tinto into aluminum buyer in US market Rio has bought at least 50,000 tons of aluminum from the US spot market since June, according to Bloomberg.
August 28, 2025 Nippon Steel bets on $11B investment, tech transfer to lift US Steel profit Plans include a new hot-rolling mill at US Steel's Mon Valley Works in Pennsylvania and the refurbishment of the No. 14 blast furnace at Gary Works in Indiana.
August 28, 2025 Trinity Metals to supply tungsten concentrate from Rwanda to the US The US has not mined tungsten domestically since 2015.
August 28, 2025 Alaska fast tracks permits with new fed deal The FAST-41 cooperation with Alaska could shave a quarter of environmental permitting time, down to 2.7 years from 3.6 years.
August 28, 2025 Sibanye Stillwater narrows loss on restructuring, US production credits The miner posted a loss of $211 million, for the six months to June 30.
August 27, 2025 Electric Metals stock nearly triples on North Star manganese PEA The study outlines an after-tax net present value (at a 10% discount) of $1.39 billion and a 43.5% after-tax internal rate of return.
August 27, 2025 Critical Metals, Ucore ink 10-year offtake deal to supply rare earths to US plant The deal connects the Tanbreez project in Greenland with Ucore’s DoD funded processing facility in Louisiana.
August 27, 2025 Newmont plans sweeping job cuts in cost-cutting drive – report Newmont’s costs have surged more than 50% over the past five years due to higher energy, labor, and material prices.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
