US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is doubling the tariff on steel imports to 50 percent, a big increase that could raise prices for steel, which is used in housing, cars, and other products.
A crisis is unfolding in the bond market that equity investors may not be aware of.
Longtime mining industry executive W. R. “Bob” Dengler, who built Dynatec into one of the country’s biggest mine contractors, has died at the age of 84.
Tungsten's role as the prime military metal is prompting a rush to restock supplies and reestablish non-Chinese supply-lines.
Who controls the future of rare earth mining?
Gold declined on Friday despite renewed tensions between the US and China.
Approved plan seeks to prevent environmental damage and preserve equipment that has sat idle at the Cobre Panama mine.
The fresh potential legal action centres on claims similar to an existing lawsuit alleging the uranium miner misled investors.
India is the only major economy to show consistent growth in steel production between 2019 and 2024, according to a report by Jefferies. While global output dipped by one percent, India's steel output jumped 33 per cent from 2019 to 2024.
Six months into the job, British Columbia’s Critical Minerals Minister Jagrup Brar says major mine permitting timelines have narrowed by over a third.
The company is currently the only uranium producer in the US.
Fortuna joins Newmont and Orecap Invest as the largest shareholders in the company.
The study calculates a net present value of $932 million based on a discount rate of 8%.
Bullion initially fell after the US Court of International Trade deemed many of Trump's tariffs to be illegal.
By centralizing key assets in one jurisdiction, Glencore paves the way for a potential deal with a rival mining giant.
The problem isn't about finding enough in the ground, but the rate at which copper is mined, according to a recent study.
Russia and China currently control 90% of the global primary magnesium supply and there is no significant producer in any NATO country.
The results are from 1,338 metres of diamond drilling across six holes in the Koval zone.
The newly established partnership, called Lunda Resources, will look to commission a 240-tonne-per-hour copper and cobalt concentrator this September.
The miner announced a second gold-silver discovery in a year in the Santo Niño vein at the nearby Santa Elena mine.
In a wide-ranging interview on The Northern Miner Podcast with host Adrian Pocobelli, Currie shared his bullish outlook on precious metals.
The funding will be used for testing intended to demonstrate the feasibility of using material sourced from the Stibnite project to produce military-specification antimony trisulfide.
The global diamond industry is reeling from plunging revenues, halted operations, and doubts about its relevance.
Valterra, the new world's largest platinum producer by value, faces price slump and production setbacks amid global transition.
Between 1945 and 1957, the property produced approximately 199,449 MTUs of WO3 and was subsequently explored for molybdenum and tungsten between 1960-2008.
The Hub, the world’s biggest miner said, will focus on solving enterprise-wide challenges using AI technologies to improve safety and lift productivity.
Focus is on consent-based agreements with First Nations and an inclusive expedited process to protect important lands and watersheds.
Lynn Lake ordered all residents and visitors to evacuate on Tuesday morning due to the approaching fires, the town said on its Facebook page.
EV battery manufacturers based in China, Korea and Japan have almost complete control of the global market, and it’s not changing any time soon.
"We want to develop our business sector and diversify it, and that requires investments from outside," Greenland's mineral resources minister told the Financial Times.
TNM Group's Anthony Vaccaro highlighted the increasing role of geopolitics in shaping the mining industry.
The PCE results come as NexGen prepares for Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission hearings later this year.
Most of the investment will be used for exploration at Fury's Committee Bay project in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut.
The High Court refused to hear Apache Stronghold’s appeal against the Arizona copper mine.
Côté is one of Canada’s newest gold mines, boasting over 16 million ounces in measured and indicated mineral resources.
MAC’s sole asset is the CSA copper mine in New South Wales, one of the country's oldest and deepest underground operations.
Investment commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Red Chris mine and its co-management with the Tahltan Nation.
Aftermath Silver is in the second stage of an 82-hole, 5,200-metre program of diamond core drilling at Berenguela.
According to sources cited by DigiTimes, Chinese drone manufacturers were among the hardest hit by export curbs dating back to 2023.
Citi, which has maintained a bullish outlook on gold since 2023, first lifted its price target to $3,500 per ounce in April 2025.
Ivanhoe suspended underground mine operations last week following recent seismic activity.
Mali earlier this month formally asked a local court to impose provisional administration over the gold mine.
"We still look for higher prices over the coming months, expecting the yellow metal to retest the level of $3,500/oz.," UBS analyst said.
The strategic reserve would help mid-tier and small Australian miners by providing loans and reducing financial uncertainty.
Mine operations will remain suspended until the shaft is declared safe for workers to return, CEO Neal Froneman said.
The Western Australian gold and copper miner aims to broaden its investor base and accelerate development in the Paterson province.
The iconic FIFA World Cup tops the list with a gold value of £359,632.
Earlier this week, the miner announced it had obtained final approval for the gold-antimony project.
Market trends over the past 18 months mirror the conditions of the late 1990s that preceded a historic bull market, the firm suggests.
The Australian Labor Party has a strong mandate to lead, with mining bosses urging the government to bolster resources sector policies.
An earthquake forced a temporary shutdown of the underground mine.
The rally comes after Trump dropped another surprise trade bombshell by recommending 50% tariffs on the European Union.
Sibanye says miners are safe, with food, water and sheltered at an underground assembly point within Kloof, one of its deepest mines.
The initial drilling returned a notable interval of 152.5 metres grading 0.46% copper and 0.97 g/t gold starting from a depth of 282.5 metres.
Canadian geologist and mining investor Jacques Bonneau explains the important role junior miners play within the commodity space, and why they have been mostly left behind by the new generation of investors.
The historical mine produced over 2.5 million ounces of gold from 1938–1999.
Azimut began drilling at Wabamisk in late 2024 to follow up on a surface discovery in the Fortin zone.
Still, gold's outlook remains generally positive given the economic pressures that loom over the US despite its trade truce with China.
The permit milestone comes almost two months after the company released an updated feasibility study.
Fortescue is now targeting nameplate production of 22 million tonnes annually at Iron Bridge by the 2028 financial year.
Rio Tinto has started its search for a successor to Stausholm, who joined the company in 2018 and has led it since 2021.
The economy of the future depends on minerals and metals from Canada, MAC report asserts.
Lunahuasi sits in the fast-growing Vicuña district, 6 km north of Lundin and BHP’s joint Filo del Sol deposit.
The company has started receiving gold and silver ore from Talisker Resources and is undergoing pre-production adjustment.
The average market share of the top three refined material suppliers rose from 82% to 86% between 2020 and 2024, says IEA.
Ivanhoe Atlantic's move aligns with Washington’s strategy to secure minerals for military manufacturing and boost defense.
Silver has quietly become one of the best-performing commodities this year.
Open pit and underground stope constrained resources now total 8.18 million measured and indicated tonnes grading 6.13 grams per tonne gold.
Funding package includes a gold stream and a net smelter return royalty, which will be structured in three instalments.
The move by Russia’s state-run oil giant Rosneft mirrors a broader trend of oil majors diversifying into critical minerals.
The agreement marks the first at-scale recycling initiative focused on rare earth magnets in North America in the micromobility sector.
Traders are also closely monitoring potential new US import tariffs on copper.
Clarios is owned by global investment firm Brookfield and has 16 manufacturing and distribution centers across the US.
Newcore’s 35,000-metre drill program aims to convert inferred resources to indicated before a pre-feasibility study.
Drilling from 88 metres depth at the Oculto deposit returned 6 metres at 41.9 grams gold and 22 grams silver.
Under UK takeover rules, Dundee Precious Metals has until June 17 to make a formal offer for the UK-based miner or walk away.
Ivanhoe Mines' stock sank nearly 9% in the morning session on the news.
The next phase for the Loma Larga project is securing the environmental license to allow construction to start by year-end.
Set in an underground mining environment, the state-of-the-art high reach scaler simulator creates a realistic environment for operators.
The mine, originally closed in 1983, has the capacity to produce 4.5 million tonnes of steelmaking coal annually and spans 2,800 hectares.
The decision comes after eight years of rigorous inter-agency federal permitting, and was the last federal permit required to progress towards construction.
The $1.73 billion worth of nickel contained in EVs sold this year for the first time exceeds battery lithium amounts, despite faster global adoption of nickel-free power packs.
Verifico was developed under the UAE Chairmanship to enhance the security and traceability of KP certificates.
The issue is not a lack of ESG standards, but the overwhelming abundance of them, writes Christopher Burke.
The miner has received approval to commence Phase 1 production at its Prairie project.
Another potential driver of gold is the uncertainty surrounding global trade.
The gold company plans to become a mid-tier copper and gold producer by 2029.
Tanco is about 180 km northeast of Winnipeg and sits right beside a large zone where fires are burning out of control.
For gold to remain above $3,500, “you need continued investment and central bank demand," says Bank of America's global commodities head Francisco Blanch.
Based on a severe “tail-risk” scenario of a rare but extreme event, Liechtenstein-based gold fund Incrementum AG outlined in its new report.
Report identifies “a vast but unrealized potential for Canada to shift from exporting raw iron ore to value-added green hot briquetted iron."
New link to enable the expansion of Tavan Tolgoi coal mine, which holds untapped coking coal deposits.
The new bond placement, says NMMC, was supported by favorable capital market conditions.
The suspect in the murder of 13 gold miners in Peru has been arrested in Colombia.
Lynas recently commissioned a new heavy rare earths separation circuit at the Malaysia plant, with first production of dysprosium targeted in May, followed by terbium in June.
Gold prices dropped back below $3,200 on Friday, erasing most of its gains from the previous session.
Sinova Quartz’s output will be used in the production of high purity silicon metal to support the drive for North American sourced critical minerals.
Adding to gold's case is the rising geopolitical instability involving the world's biggest powers.
This is Rio Tinto’s largest single investment in its hydroelectric assets since the 1950s.
The order to stimulate US production aims to alter the political landscape of languishing mining project permitting files.
Before its suspension, Cobre Panama has been a major driver of socio-economic prosperity for Panama, contributing around 5% of its GDP.
The nation plans to increase its geological exploration area by one-third by early 2026.
Based on Wednesday’s New York Stock Exchange closing price, the deal for the production concessions is worth about $8.6 million.
China supplies over 80% of the world’s tungsten.
Facility will be commissioned in stages, with production scaling up from 2,000 tonnes per annum initially.
Over 20,000 tonnes of lithium concentrate from the Bougouni mine in Mali are ready for delivery, but export is stalled due to permit issues.
Private placement, part of Foran’s C$350M financing, includes support from Canada Growth Fund and Fairfax Financial Holdings.
Total delineated contained copper in the area now stands at 9.37 million tonnes.
Pullback comes despite Chinese copper inventories falling by 60% in a single month.
The US miner has signed an MoU with Saudi's state miner to develop a rare earths supply chain in the kingdom.
Cobalt demand is set to hit 400,000 tonnes by the early 2030s, up from 222,000 in 2024.
The move comes as Rwanda seeks to diversify its mineral exports and strengthen trade relations with the US.
The project, spread out over 33.8 sq. km, lies about 35 km southwest of the company’s flagship Oko property.
Bullion has now declined 9% from its high of $3,500 last month amid elevated trade war fears.
One hole cut 3.86 metres grading 433 g/t silver and 2.51 g/t gold from 225 metres depth.
Chosen company will join Codelco to develop a project located in Chile’s second largest salt flat by lithium reserves.
Across continents, Indigenous communities are redefining their roles in mining—not just as stakeholders, but as shareholders, developers, and leaders.
Kachi lithium resource increase comes as sale talks heat up amid shifting market dynamics and rising M&A activity in Argentina.
Tariffs drive up the cost of making EVs—even those assembled in the US—by increasing prices on essential materials.
The facility will focus on recovering high-value critical metals – such as gallium, germanium, indium and gold-rich e-waste.
During the first quarter of 2025, silver production from the company's Zgounder mine reached 1.07 million oz., its highest ever.
Company said it is the first mineral explorer to identify indium at ore-grade concentrations within the region and is developing a drill program to test the extent of the mineralization at depth.
The company, a 2021 spin-out of lithium producer Liontown Resources, last month closed the A$166.5 million acquisition of the 2.3-million oz. brownfield project.
The ProvCheck app, developed by Western Australia-based Blockhead Technologies, is designed to help miners and refiners meet the LBMA requirements.
For years, developed economies have pointed to declining carbon emissions as proof of environmental leadership.
The overtures to Washington are part of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa's pledge to end Syria's international sanctions.
CEO Jakob Stausholm says brines in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia offer the best chance for the world to access low-cost, high-quality lithium.
The move comes after Labor Department data showed a smaller-than-anticipated inflation in April.
The Shaakichiuwaanaan project now holds 108M tonnes at 1.4% lithium oxide, equating to 3.8M tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent.
Deal aligns with the coal miner’s strategy to diversify into energy-transitioning metals and renewable energy.
The discovery is highlighted by a massive sulphide intercept with a cumulative length of 34.9 metres -- the longest ever recorded on the property.
Proceeds are expected to be sufficient to fund operations until a commercial recovery permit has been issued, the company said.
76% of Nova Scotians support mining critical minerals in the province.
Historically, extractive industries in Africa have often left a legacy of inequality, displacement and unrest.
Ahead of Monday’s selloff, investors had been scaling back exposure to gold.
The US-Ukraine mineral cooperation agreement may be bold in vision — but its execution is already proving to be a bureaucratic and logistical quagmire.
Pan American’s offer represents a 21% premium over MAG’s closing price in New York Friday.
Cobalt Holding is seeking $230M from its IPO, potentially the largest in the sector since Ithaca Energy Plc raised around $300M in late 2022.
Despite the de-escalation of trade tensions, China is unlikely to remove the export controls completely.
Rio Tinto also announced the $399 million sale of a 30% stake in Winu copper-gold project to Sumitomo Metals.
The Yimin coal mine will be the world's first open-pit mine using 5G-Advanced (5G-A) technology for fully autonomous operations.
McEwen plans to lift Fox Complex output from roughly 30,000 to 35,000 gold-equivalent oz. today to about 60,000 oz. by 2027.
Legal discussions are ongoing regarding First Quantum's release of stockpiled concentrate and the site's power plant restart.
This scenario, according to its analysts, could realistically occur with just a small allocation away from US assets under the current macroeconomic climate.
Company says the NICO deposit contains 12% of global bismuth reserves as well as 1.1 million in-situ ounces of gold.
There are several reasons for copper’s reversal of fortune.
Hermosa is currently the only advanced mining project in the US capable of producing two federally designated critical minerals.
Chinese buyers continue to face challenges securing copper in a constrained market.
Gold has surpassed equities as the second most popular long-term investment choice amongst Americans, according to the latest poll by Gallup.
The revised figure covers the development of the Keliber project through to hot commissioning of the refinery.
A total of 15 samples exceeded the 4,500 ppm level, with one standout sample returning a TREO grade of 13,651 ppm.
One highlight intercept in hole 25-3552-31 returned up to 1,880 grams silver per tonne and 10.45% copper.
The discovery could help the US reduce its reliance on China for rare earth elements.
Erin O’Toole is calling on the nation to double down on domestic resources and reassert its economic independence —s tarting with energy.
The Alacrán project is positioned to be Colombia's largest copper mine.
One hole in the project’s Blackjack zone returned 94 metres grading 1.15 g/t gold from 437 metres down.
Decision reflects De Beers’ renewed focus on natural diamonds, a return to the strategy behind its iconic “Diamonds are Forever” slogan.
The "Mediterranean Blue Diamond" from South Africa, is a “fancy vivid blue,” the highest grade for coloured diamonds.
The resumption of open pit mining at Kagem ends a four-month pause triggered by weak market prices and cost-cutting measures.
BC has 18 operating mines and two smelters and is home to 16 of the 50 minerals the US deems critical to its economy and national security.
KoBold plans to acquire AVZ’s stake in the Manono lithium project, aiming to resolve disputes and unlock a major source of the critical metal.
In a note published Wednesday, the bank upgraded its Q2/Q3 price forecast to $9,330-$9,150/t from $8,620-$8,370/t previously.
Drilling returned as high as 15 metres grading 3.83 grams gold per tonne.
The resource update increases the tonnage at Kemess by more than 10 times.
Investors are also keeping close tabs on the Federal Reserve's policy decision, which is due later in the day.
The gallium was recovered from material produced at Rio Tinto’s alumina refinery in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.
Both companies had been selected in 2023 as strategic investors to develop value-added lithium products in Chile.
Shift comes as it reported a first-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates, thanks to record-high gold prices.
Cvictus recently received a $1.7-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to scale its technology.
In the long run, copper demand will still be supported by the energy transition.
As gold goes from record to record, miners are looking for ways to cut development times to capture favourable market conditions.
Global output of most battery metals has been declining due to weak prices, highlighting the need for new investments to grow the supply.
The government of the Northwest Territories provided C$3.3 million in funding for the project.
The deal, which will focus on collaboration in mining and mineral resources, is expected to be signed with the US Department of Energy.
"The bull market is being driven by China's latest gold investing surge," an analyst said.
Measured and indicated resources now total 27.27 million tonnes grading 1.34% lithium oxide.
The companies planned to combine the Iduapriem and Tarkwa mines in Ghana to create Africa’s largest gold operation.
The initiative will be delivered through the regional joint venture established by Fleet Space Technologies and Tahreez.
Company said its technology offers a low-impact way to extract high-purity critical minerals from unconventional and previously uneconomic sources.
Initiative aims to accelerate the development and adoption of solutions to the mining industry’s most pressing challenges.
According to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, it is explosions of highly magnetized neutron stars, or magnetars, that caused gold and other heavy metals to form in space.
The project's after-tax NPV (discounted at 5%) is estimated at $603 million, with an IRR of 40% and payback of two years.
Gold has surged over 26% in 2025, more than doubling silver’s 12% gain.
The US central bank is widely expected to hold rates steady in this meeting.
Romania has major reserves of rare earths, gold and copper, which have attracted interest from Canadian and American firms.
Gruyere gold mine joint venture partners Gold Fields and Gold Road Resources reach agreement on a friendly deal to consolidate ownership.
Guards' deaths highlight the rising issue of illegal mining and violence in Peru's Amazonian province of Pataz.
Jack Lundin, president and CEO, hailed Filo del Sol as "one of the most significant greenfield discoveries in the last 30 years."
This discovery adds to a series of significant archaeological finds in the Czech Republic.
Gold-antimony project is in Australia’s Lachlan Fold Belt, a corridor that hosts Agnico Eagles’ Fosterville mine and Mandalay Resources’ Costerfield mine.
Prior to joining Newmont, Viljoen served as chief executive officer of Anglo American Platinum.
Bad economic and geo-political news leads to precious metals being an attractive alternative to stocks.
Blackwater is the province’s first new gold mine since Newcrest’s Brucejack opened in 2017.
China’s Commerce Ministry said it had noted senior US officials’ desire to begin talks.
Navoi Mining & Metallurgical Company is at the center of the fast-growing Central Asian nation’s economy.
For decades, Congo has been at odds with Rwanda due to ethnic tensions and control over the region's natural resources.
Gold Fields is after Gold Road again, targeting full control of the Gruyere mine amid record gold prices and rising sector deal activity.
MABC’s 2025 Economic Impact Study assesses the potential economic impact of 18 proposed critical mineral mines, six precious metal mines, and three steelmaking coal mines.
A mine manager for the disaster-stricken Eagle mine in Canada's Yukon Territory on Wednesday described for the legislative assembly the huge amount of work remaining in the cleanup effort.
The Kamoa-Kakula complex produced a near record 133,120 tonnes of copper in the first quarter.
The rebound came after US President Trump said there was a “very good chance” of reaching an agreement with China.
Goldman Sachs trader Adam Gillard says nearly 1 million oz. were sold in Shanghai before the market closed for the holiday.
First-quarter gold production of 125,000 oz. came in at the low end of the company’s previously disclosed range and below analyst expectations.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump said he has potential deals lined up with India, Japan and South Korea.
Funding issues threaten North America’s only flake graphite producer as China tightens grip on global market.
The board has discussed rare earths in light of recent market conditions and continues to weigh the impact of tariffs.
New suite provides a common framework against which companies can assess environmental, social, occupational health and safety, and governance performance in their operations and mineral supply chains.
US officials said that the deal does not require Ukraine to repay past military aid, estimated in the billions of dollars.
With more than 1.5 million metric tons of lead battery scrap available for recycling in the US alone, there is a critical gap in smelter capacity to keep valuable material within the domestic supply chain.
Despite this, the company's shares fell nearly 20% on the day.
The Scottish engineering firm agreed to buy Micromine in late February, in an effort to enhance the group's digital mining solutions and support its growth strategy.
