May 7, 2025

Trump’s copper tariff probe is expected soon, industry group says

Trump has threatened to impose a duty of as much as a 25% on all copper imports, a move that could roil the metal's global market.

May 6, 2025

Niger security forces search Orano offices and seize phones

Reuters sources said Orano's local director Ibrahim Courmo had been arrested.

May 6, 2025

Lynas CEO says company is eyeing rare earths buys in Malaysia, Brazil

CEO Amanda Lacaze says it is uneconomic to rely upon government funding to construct and then government funding to produce.

May 6, 2025

Lake Resources launches review of Argentina lithium project

The review is exploring options that include the sale of a stake in the Kachi project.

May 6, 2025

World’s biggest zinc mine gets caught in US-China tariff turmoil

Teck Resources' Red Dog mine, some 105 miles inside the Arctic Circle, accounts for about 5% of global zinc supply and 2.5% of lead.

May 6, 2025

Copper shrugs off global gloom as Chinese buyers squeeze supply

The global copper market is flashing signs of tightness, as strong Chinese buying squeezes scant supplies even in the face of worries about a looming industrial downturn.

May 6, 2025

Mining murders show Peru’s struggles with illegal gold rush

Thirteen security guards kidnapped from one of Peru’s largest gold mines were found dead on Sunday.

May 6, 2025

Shanghai Gold Exchange to expand warehouse network to Hong Kong

The new vault will be operated by a subsidiary of Bank of China, according to Bloomberg sources.

May 6, 2025

Zambia regulator approves $270 million Congo transmission link

The high-voltage transmission line will link Zambia's copper rich North-Western province to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

May 5, 2025

Rosatom sues Finnish firms $2.8B over nuclear plant contract

The contract to build a 1.2 gigawatt plant with investments estimated at 6.5-7 billion euros was signed in 2013, but the Finnish side terminated it in May 2022.