May 21, 2025 Ontario to spend $2.2 billion on Indigenous role in mining Most of the money will go to loan guarantees that enable Indigenous business groups to invest in Ontario mining projects, the government said.
May 21, 2025 Nyrstar seeks government funding for antimony production The company could potentially produce the critical mineral at its South Australian processing plant.
May 21, 2025 Energy storage boom drives battery shift, leaving nickel, cobalt behind LFP batteries are fuelling a boom in energy storage projects.
May 21, 2025 Indonesian state miner Antam seeks $500 million syndicated loan It would be the country’s first syndicated dollar borrowing from a state-owned enterprise this year.
May 21, 2025 Zimbabwe lithium exporters seek tax delay until 2027 Miners are asking for the 5% levy aimed at fostering a domestic refining industry to be delayed for two and a half years.
May 21, 2025 Rio Tinto defends Pilbara after Forrest voices ‘wasteland’ fears Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest warned that China's shift from coal-powered furnaces could threaten Australia's iron ore sector.
May 20, 2025 LME approves three more warehouse facilities for Hong Kong LME first approved Hong Kong warehouses in January, after more than a year of work.
May 20, 2025 Trump sets stage to sell ocean mining rights off American Samoa The move follows a request for a lease sale from a company the Interior Department identified as US-based Impossible Metals.
May 20, 2025 Argentina approves $2.5B Rio Tinto lithium mining project Rincon becomes the first mining project under Argentina's new investment incentive regime.
May 20, 2025 Nippon Steel still committed to full US Steel takeover, says executive The steelmakers face a May 21 deadline for the completion of a renewed national security review.
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