Rio Tinto overhauls units, axes execs
Rio Tinto’s (ASX, NYSE, LSE: RIO) new CEO Simon Trott has launched a sweeping overhaul of the miner’s structure, consolidating operations into three core divisions while placing several non-core assets…
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Rare earth prices spike as US firm halts China trade
Prices of rare earth elements have surged to their highest level in more than two years after MP Materials stopped shipments to China, Reuters first reported. For the past three…
Vietnam lifts state monopoly on gold
Vietnam, the third-largest importer of gold in Asia, issued a decree on Tuesday abolishing its 13-year-old state monopoly on gold trading, causing a spike in local prices even as the…
Aldebaran denies $1.5B Altar project cost on Reuters
Aldebaran Resources (TSXV: ALDE; US-OTC: ADBRF) disputes a Reuters report on Friday that an economic study due next month on the Altar copper-gold project in Argentina will show costs of…
Aldebaran suggests $1.5B to build Altar in Argentina
Aldebaran Resources (TSXV: ALDE; US-OTC: ADBRF) says an economic study due next month on its Altar copper-gold project in Argentina will contain a $1.5-billion (C$2.09-billion) construction figure. The preliminary economic…
Lithium price surge forecast to be short
Lithium prices surged this week on concerns about supply disruptions in China, but analysts are warning the rally will be short-lived. A halt in production at Chinese lepidolite mines, which…
Peabody nixes $3.8B Anglo coal deal
Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) efforts to streamline its business have hit a major roadblock after Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) scrapped a $3.8-billion (C$5.27-billion) deal to acquire its Australian metallurgical coal…
UBS lifts 2026 gold price outlook on US risks
Analysts at UBS have lifted their gold price targets for next year in anticipation of higher safe-haven demand from persistent U.S. macroeconomic risks and de-dollarization. During the March quarter, the…
Infographic: Antimony refinement
Antimony is a critical mineral—vital for military applications and ammunition, semiconductors and specialized alloys. Control over its refining capacity carries significant strategic leverage. The Chinese and Russian Spheres of…
US gold tariffs jolt COMEX, shift global trade flows
The Trump administration’s move to apply import duties on the most common forms of bullion delivered into the United States is shaking the gold market and widening the price gap…
Richest lithium mystery solved
Australian researchers have upended decades of geological theory and could redefine how and where lithium is explored globally to feed demand for electric vehicle batteries. The breakthrough, led by Curtin…
Glencore says DRC cobalt stockpile has ‘no impact’
Glencore (LSE: GLEN), the world’s second-largest cobalt producer, says its growing stockpile of unsold cobalt won’t materially affect the company as it contends with export restrictions in the Democratic Republic…