Copper • Sep 26, 2025
Japan’s JX Advanced Metals Pivots to Urban Mining and
JX Advanced Metals (TSE: 5016) is betting big on urban mining and a new “green hybrid smelting” model to safeguard margins and secure critical minerals for…
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Energy Transition • Sep 24, 2025
EU Green Steel Stalls as China Moves Ahead
EU green steel projects are faltering just as China accelerates its low-carbon transition with OEM tie-ups and state-directed financing. In the last six months alone, three…
Copper • Sep 23, 2025
Copper Wars: Nations Race to Lock In Supplies
The race to secure copper has entered a new phase. Analysts warn that global copper demand could outpace supply by 300,000–500,000 tonnes in 2025, intensifying competition…
Copper • Sep 23, 2025
Why China’s copper smelters are squeezed as
China’s copper smelters, responsible for more than half of global refined output, are facing renewed margin pressure as sulphuric acid prices—a critical revenue-supporting byproduct—fall sharply. The…
Asia Pacific • Sep 22, 2025
India Secures Second ISA Contract
NEW DELHI – India has secured a 15-year contract with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to explore polymetallic sulphides in the Indian Ocean, extending its position…
Coal • Sep 20, 2025
Global Mining Faces Structural Shifts as Australia’s Coal
Sydney/London — BHP’s decision to cut 750 jobs at its Saraji South mine in Queensland and Anglo American’s parallel workforce reductions are not isolated cost-cutting measures.…
Copper • Sep 19, 2025
Why copper sits at the centre of Ottawa’s
When Ottawa unveiled its list of five “nation-building” projects under a new federal fast-track program, two were copper mines: Newmont’s Red Chris block-cave expansion in northwest…
Asia Pacific • Sep 19, 2025
India’s first private gold mine: can Jonnagiri
Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh – India is preparing to turn on its first large private gold mine at Jonnagiri, a development that could modestly reduce the country’s…
Gold • Sep 17, 2025
Why Precious Metals Equities Are Outperforming
Precious metals equities are staging one of their strongest rallies in more than a decade, dramatically outpacing global markets and reshaping investor allocations in 2025. The…
Copper • Sep 16, 2025
Canada’s Competition Bureau to Review
TORONTO, Sept. 16 — Canada’s Competition Bureau has confirmed it will scrutinize the proposed US$53 billion merger between Anglo American and Teck Resources, a transaction that…
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