May 28, 2025 Antofagasta offers Chinese smelters negative processing fees as talks start Antofagasta made an initial offer this week at a treatment charge of -$15 a ton for supplies to Chinese clients.
May 28, 2025 China plans commodities overhaul to attract global investors The Shanghai Futures Exchange has unveiled an internationalization plan to streamline access for overseas investors.
May 28, 2025 Rio Tinto split with CEO Stausholm over conflicting priorities Rio Tinto's board and Jakob Stausholm agreed to part ways last week.
May 28, 2025 SQM misses profit estimates as lithium prices remain under pressure The miner warned of lower realized prices in the next quarter due to oversupply of the metal.
May 28, 2025 Indonesia sovereign wealth funds, Eramet to create nickel investment platform Eramet is expected to provide technical expertise on mining.
May 28, 2025 China may relax rare earth export curbs for some chip companies In April, China put seven rare earths and related products on an export control list.
May 27, 2025 Canadian aluminum trader blames its bankruptcy on trade war Sinobec Group arranges deals between sellers and buyers of aluminum ingots, as well as finished items like building products.
May 27, 2025 Sandvik introduces future of autonomous drill rig operation with AutoMine surface fleet The new advanced FleetFlex functionality enables operators to seamlessly and simultaneously control the transfer of drill rigs between stations.
May 27, 2025 Glencore buys Russian copper on LME to feed tight Chinese market In the past three trading sessions there have been requests for delivery of about 15,000 tons of copper from LME warehouses in Rotterdam, according to exchange data.
May 27, 2025 Guinea cancels 129 exploration permits, further tightening control It wasn't immediately clear whether any significant investments would be affected by the move.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm