December 19, 2023 Column: Funds less negative on copper as supply landscape shifts Money managers are now marginally net long of copper on both the London Metal Exchange (LME) and CME contracts.
December 19, 2023 India to auction nearly 100 more blocks of critical minerals before Feb 2024 India launched the first part of its critical minerals auction last month.
December 19, 2023 Diamond sales slowly restart after efforts to halt price crash The world’s two biggest diamond miners are selling stones again after the industry all but halted supplies.
December 19, 2023 India in talks with Argentina, Bolivia to acquire lithium assets – secretary India is at an advanced stage of discussions with Argentina to acquire lithium blocks, according to the country's top bureaucrat in the mining ministry.
December 19, 2023 EU, US extend steel tariff detente until end-March 2025 The US quota system allows up to 3.3 million metric tons of EU steel and 384,000 tons of aluminum into the United States tariff-free.
December 19, 2023 Russia says it will have no trouble skirting latest EU sanctions The new sanctions package bans the import of Russian-origin non-industrial diamonds.
December 19, 2023 Australia wants to compete with China on critical minerals, Minister King says Since coming to power in May 2022, Australia’s center-left Labor government has ramped up investment in minerals.
December 19, 2023 Singapore’s Atomionics taps gravity, AI in hunt for critical minerals The company has signed contracts with three major mining companies as part of a strategy to pinpoint ore bodies of metals key to the energy transition.
December 18, 2023 SQM ties up with Hancock on $1.1bn bid for Azure Minerals Azure has received a sweetened $2.48-per-share takeover offer from the pair.
December 18, 2023 Allkem shareholders approve $10.6bn Livent lithium merger The new company will be the world's third-biggest producer of lithium.
Column: Copper is pricing scarcity at a time of plenty The world hasn't run out of copper, despite the many warnings of imminent shortfall that have accompanied its rally to all-time highs, writes Reuters columnist Andy Home. February 17, 2026 | 10:35 am
