February 12, 2025 Vale to announce $12 billion investment to expand Carajas site Brazil's presidential palace said Vale will present its "New Carajas" project, but it did not give further details.
February 12, 2025 Column: Tariff threat opens up transatlantic rift in copper pricing The arbitrage between CME and LME contracts has blown wider in recent days, with the US premium exceeding $1,000 per tonne.
February 12, 2025 Gold price rally hits pause as traders digest data, Powell remarks The US central bank “will make decisions about interest rates as we go,” Fed chair Jerome Powell said this week.
February 12, 2025 Chinese lithium firms take over copycat Nigeria refinery project A joint venture between Canmax Technologies and Jiangxi Jiuling last year took a controlling interest in Ganfeng Lithium Industry.
February 12, 2025 McEwen Copper requests major tax breaks for Los Azules mine in Argentina McEwen plans to invest $2.7 billion in the Los Azules mine.
February 12, 2025 China tightens rules on new copper smelters to curb overcapacity China has tightened requirements for building new copper smelters, in its latest attempt to curb relentless capacity expansion.
February 12, 2025 Lithium stocks drop as CATL’s refinery restart weighs on prices The refinery reopening should be negative for lithium sector share prices, and the spot price, analysts said.
February 12, 2025 South Korea’s mint halts gold bar sales as supply tightens The move comes as traders worldwide rush to deliver bullion to the US ahead of potential tariffs on the metal.
February 12, 2025 Ukrainian graphite mine hopes for Trump deal, but say returns won’t be instant Trump seeks $500 billion in Ukraine minerals deal.
February 12, 2025 Evolution Mining hits over four-year high after profit beats estimates The company said it is on track to deliver its fiscal year 2025 production forecast of 710,000-780,000 ounces of gold.
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
