April 8, 2025 Trump order seeks to tap coal power in quest to dominate AI Washington is expanding coal mining and usage to power energy-hungry data centres and revitalize the fossil fuel industry.
April 7, 2025 Freeport-McMoRan CEO flags concern over global growth amid US tariffs Freeport CEO Kathleen Quirk says the recent copper price drop was not good long-term for the industry, which depends on multi-billion dollar investments.
April 7, 2025 US discusses tariffs, critical minerals with Pakistan The Trump administration has also used prospects of engagement over critical minerals with others countries.
April 7, 2025 Codelco boosts copper output, chairman bullish despite trade war The world's biggest copper producer registered slightly higher output in the first quarter of the year than in the same period in 2024.
April 7, 2025 Chile has 28% more lithium than previous estimates, studies find A new analysis shows that the La Isla salt flat holds 2.13 million metric tons of lithium, up 150% from a prior estimate.
April 7, 2025 Canada’s opposition leader says he would approve Suncor oil project, mines Pierre Poilievre has pledged to advance projects including the Rook 1 uranium mine in Saskatchewan, Springpole Lake gold mine in Ontario and Suncor’s project.
April 7, 2025 Trump orders fresh review of Nippon Steel’s bid for US Steel The White House directive sent the share price of US Steel up over 13%.
April 7, 2025 Gold reserves in London vaults rise in March, says LBMA Comex gold stocks, meanwhile, are at record highs after rising by $80 billion since late November.
April 7, 2025 Chinese buyers snapped up copper as prices plunged below $8,500 Copper prices plunged as much as 7.7% within 15 minutes of opening on the LME.
April 7, 2025 Russia’s embrace of gold eases loss of reserves frozen by war The value of Russia’s gold reserves has surged by 72%, or $96 billion, since the beginning of 2022.
Ontario, Ottawa sign deal to speed up major projects The deal will bring a “one project, one review” approach to major infrastructure initiatives in Canada’s most populous province. December 18, 2025 | 10:22 am
