Guinea looks downstream past Simandou start
As the Rio Tinto-led (ASX, LSE: RIO) $23.5-billion Simandou iron ore mine started officially this week in Guinea, the West African country under military rule said it wants to expand…
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Podcast: Ask the experts—Ian London on how to fix the supply chain
This week’s episode features Ian London, Executive Director of the Canadian Critical Minerals and Materials Alliance, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on the challenges of rebuilding Canada’s critical minerals…
China lifts export ban on gallium, germanium and antimony to US
China has lifted a nearly year-long ban on exports of gallium, germanium and antimony to the United States in a further de-escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two largest…
Vedanta starts CopperTech Metals in US
Vedanta Resources is spinning out U.S.-domiciled CopperTech Metals to boost the parent company’s $3-billion investment in Konkola Copper Mines in Zambia. CopperTech plans to invest $1.5 billion more in Konkola,…
Opinion: The US reclaims its exploration roots
No doubt we are sitting within a phase of geopolitical spotlighting on minerals that involves Donald Trump, China, tariffs, ending the war in Ukraine, Greenland and Russia. This is the…
Idaho bets on schools, speedy approvals to renew mining
BOISE, Idaho – Access to local skilled labour is now the choke point to building new mines, Idaho’s mining leaders told the Idaho Mining Conference this week in Boise. The…
Gold price to test $5,000 in 2026: analysts
Despite the recent slump in prices, analysts remain bullish on gold heading into next year, with many forecasting the yellow metal to reach the pivotal $5,000 per oz. level. Metals…
China played key role in gold’s rally: Apollo
China has emerged as a key catalyst behind gold’s record-setting rally this year, according to Torsten Sløk, the chief economist at New York-based Apollo Global Management. In a daily newsletter…
Angola challenges Botswana in De Beers bid
Angola’s state diamond company Endiama has submitted a formal bid for Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) majority stake in De Beers, in a sharp shift from its earlier position of seeking…
Platinum price hits five-year high
Platinum prices have surged to their highest level in five years as global supply tightens and investors position ahead of policy changes in China. The spot platinum price was $1,658.68…
Gold price falls on profit-taking
Gold prices fell sharply on Tuesday, recording their biggest one-day drop in more than a decade and halting a powerful rally that had carried the metal to a record high….
RANKED: Top 10 automakers by battery cobalt spending
Democratic Republic of Congo’s export quotas have lit a fire under cobalt prices and spending on the battery material is up 43% year on year despite ongoing thrifting. A surge…