February 25, 2025 Battery metal rout set to force unprofitable miners to cut costs A wave of cost cutting and potential consolidation looms for lithium and nickel miners in the year ahead.
February 25, 2025 BHP to advance $2 billion concentrator optimization at Escondida mine The optimization is the first initiative of its decade-long $10.8 billion investment plan it announced in November.
February 25, 2025 Column: Massive Simandou mine can end Australia’s golden iron ore age, or start new one The term gamechanger is often over used enough to be rendered meaningless, but the huge Simandou mine in the West African country of Guinea is going to be just that.
February 25, 2025 First Quantum steps up campaign to reopen Panama copper mine The company has switched from a low-profile approach to engaging with Panamanians.
February 25, 2025 EU promises support for steel sector as US trade tariffs loom President Trump has announced plans to introduce new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the US.
February 25, 2025 Alcoa warns Trump’s aluminum tariff could cost 100,000 US jobs The tariffs alone would not be enough to entice Alcoa to restart some of its shuttered US facilities, its CEO said.
February 24, 2025 Putin outlines potential aluminum, rare earth deals with the US US President Donald Trump earlier said that "major economic development transactions with Russia" would take place.
February 24, 2025 Ukraine, US closing in on deal over nation’s mineral resources The new draft has been almost agreed on and Ukraine is awaiting a reply from the US, Bloomberg sources say.
February 24, 2025 Column: China’s grip on global nickel supply tightens with Anglo sale Anglo's nickel asset sale is not good news for Western countries looking to escape China's tightening grip on the global nickel supply chain.
February 24, 2025 Gold ETFs drew largest weekly inflow since March 2022, says WGC Gold ETFs saw an inflow of 52.4 metric tons worth $5 billion last week.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm