August 6, 2025 South African minister and top miner clash over US minerals plan That strategy identified coal, chrome ore, iron ore, manganese and platinum as critical minerals, rather than materials found in abundance elsewhere in Africa.
August 6, 2025 Platinum crunch comes to a head as US and China snap up metal The market tightness has made platinum one of the best-performing commodities this year.
August 6, 2025 Glencore rejects US listing in boost for UK markets The company said it had extensively researched a move to the major exchanges around the world.
August 6, 2025 Mosaic falls 13% as fertilizer shipments drop on US tariffs Phosphate deliveries to the US are “tracking well below last year” with levies applicable to most sources of the fertilizer.
August 6, 2025 US courts Cook Islands for deep-sea mining The State Department has already begun talks with the South Pacific nation for research on seabed mineral exploration and development.
August 5, 2025 Caterpillar sees US tariff hit of up to $1.5 billion this year Caterpillar’s outlook is important because it is one of the world’s biggest makers of machinery for mining and construction.
August 5, 2025 FQM’s copper strategy: Zambia expansion & US tariff tailwinds With global copper demand surging and US tariffs on Chinese copper looming, First Quantum Minerals is doubling down on Zambia. In this […]
August 5, 2025 Trump’s copper tariffs apply to $15 billion of goods so far The US copper market is scrambling to understand the implications of Trump’s tariffs.
August 5, 2025 Copper price slips as unwinding of tariff trade boosts LME stockpiles The red metal fell 0.6% after LME data showed readily available copper inventories jumped to the highest since March.
August 5, 2025 Why did copper escape US tariffs when aluminum did not? Since June, aluminum metal shipped to the US, where smelters face higher electricity bills than copper producers, has attracted 50% tariffs.
Platinum price set for biggest monthly gain in 39 years on EU auto policy boost After hitting a record high of $2,478.50 per ounce on Monday, the metal is heading for its biggest yearly growth on record of 146%. December 30, 2025 | 08:37 am
