Base Metals • Feb 19, 2025
Anglo American Sells Nickel Business to MMG
Anglo American plc has reached an agreement to sell its nickel business to MMG Singapore Resources Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of MMG Limited, for a total…
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Europe • Feb 19, 2025
EU Warns of Counterstrike as U.S. Tariffs Push
Global Trade Tensions Mount Amid Rising Steel Prices The European Union is preparing to retaliate against new U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum, escalating trade tensions…
Public Policy • Feb 18, 2025
Trump Reinstates 25% Steel Tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump has reinstated the full 25% steel tariffs originally imposed in 2018 under Section 232 steel tariffs, citing national security concerns amid a…
Gold • Feb 18, 2025
Seabridge Gold to Raise $100M for B.C
Seabridge Gold Inc. (TSX: SEA, NYSE: SA) has announced plans to raise $100 million to fund key initiatives at its KSM gold-copper project in British Columbia,…
Battery Metals • Feb 14, 2025
BYD Secures Mineral Rights in Brazil’s
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD has acquired mining rights in Minas Gerais, Brazil, a region known as Lithium Valley, marking its entry into the mining…
Battery Metals • Feb 13, 2025
Canada’s Mining Industry Warns: Critical
Industry Leaders Call for Urgent Investment in Critical Mineral Processing Plants
Coal • Feb 12, 2025
Anglo American Advances ‘Mine of the Future’
Anglo American’s decade-long pursuit of safer and more efficient underground mining has reached a major milestone, with all its steelmaking coal operations in Australia’s Bowen Basin…
Battery Metals • Feb 12, 2025
Planning permission granted for UK’s largest
Weardale Lithium has received approval from Durham County Council to develop the UK’s largest lithium extraction facility, marking a significant milestone in the country’s push for…
Battery Metals • Feb 11, 2025
Manna Lithium Project at Center of Alleged
In a high-stakes dispute over foreign investment in Australia’s critical minerals sector, Global Lithium Resources (ASX: GL1) has urged the federal government to intervene in what…
Base Metals • Feb 10, 2025
Trump Aluminium and Steel Tariff: New 25%
In a major shift in trade policy, President Donald Trump has announced a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports into the United States.
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