May 9, 2025 Nippon Steel exec headed to Washington next week in push for US Steel deal The company reportedly seeks to win approval of its $15 billion bid for US Steel.
May 9, 2025 Vedanta copper operation taps South Africa’s RMB to help raise debt The company has hired Rand Merchant Bank to help raise as much as $1 billion in debt financing.
May 9, 2025 Congo gold miner halts operations in tax dispute with M23 rebel administration Twangiza Mining informed employees of an immediate work stoppage in the letter dated May 8.
May 9, 2025 Tsingshan ‘has not given up’ on Chile lithium plans despite plant retreat Tsingshan and Chinese automaker BYD backed out of plans this week to build major lithium cathode plants in Chile.
May 9, 2025 China’s rare earth exports drop as trade war crimps supply Overseas sales fell 16% in April from March to 4,785 tonnes.
May 9, 2025 Guinea moves to cancel mining rights of non-compliant companies President Doumbouya instructed his government to withdraw permits from mining companies that don’t respect their legal commitments to the country.
May 9, 2025 Nippon Steel expects profit to drop 43% this year, US Steel decision by early June Nippon Steel's $15 billion bid for U.S. Steel, rejected by President Joe Biden, is under review.
May 9, 2025 China launches campaign to crack down on strategic minerals smuggling The campaign urges government departments to target typical evasion methods such as false reporting, concealment, and smuggling.
May 8, 2025 China’s copper concentrate imports at record high as more smelters prepare to open Copper inventories on the Shanghai Futures Exchange are expected to fall again this week, according to traders, with the swift drawdown likely to lift prices and increase the incentive for…
May 8, 2025 Copper output from Codelco climbs 15% in March Meanwhile production at BHP's Escondida mine, the world's largest copper mine, leaped almost 19%.
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’ The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy. February 10, 2026 | 03:14 pm
