Mesabi Metallics plans to invest US$15 billion in an Iowa steel complex capable of producing an initial 7.5 million US tons annually, rising to approximately 10 million tons in later phases. The planned electric arc furnace complex will use direct-reduction-grade...

The US has secured its first US$1 billion of procurement commitments for Project Vault, moving the planned strategic critical-minerals reserve from government financing approval towards physical stockpiling. Glencore announced a separate US$500 million commitment backed by financing from the US...

China imported more than 1,000 tonnes of gold in the first eight months of 2026, exceeding its purchases for the whole of last year — with imports reaching their highest level for the period in customs records dating back to 2017....

https://youtu.be/y6V3fx5c3Ho EPISODE 24: Anthony Milewski and Christian Purefoy chat to special guest investor Mike Beck about the price of uranium and the supply-demand dynamic that may push the price significantly higher to $200. Two multi-billion dollar uranium exits. Can Mike...

Indonesia’s Morowali nickel hub has instructed operators to reduce nickel pig iron production — potentially affecting approx 100,000 metric tonnes of nickel pig iron — after an El Niño-driven drought restricted water needed to cool equipment and maintain safe operations. The...

Ontario has started work on the US$19.1 billion refurbishment of four CANDU reactors at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station — to return up to 2,200 MW of generating capacity (for 2.2 million homes) to service and extend the reactors’ operating...

China exported 512 metric tonnes of rare-earth permanent magnets to the US in August, down 21% from July and 13% from a year earlier, according to Chinese customs data. The fall interrupted a recovery that lifted shipments to 647 metric...

China NERIN Engineering will build a copper-recovery plant at the planned Zambian terminus of the Western-backed Lobito Corridor railway — exposing a gap in the strategy to secure African critical minerals. Konkola Copper Mines has signed a US$498 million contract...

BMI has raised its 2026 average tin price forecast by 4.1% to US$51,000 a tonne, as semiconductor demand and constrained supply sustain pressure on the metal used to connect electronic components. The increase from US$49,000, reported by Mining Weekly on...

the IAEA projects 641–1,045 GW of nuclear capacity by 2050, raising both its low and high estimates the "Red Book" identifies more than 8.1 million tonnes of recoverable uranium resources, sufficient for its projected demand through 2050 at 85% utilisation,...

Canada has announced a five-year plan to catalyse C$1 trillion of investment, with mining and metals accounting for more than one-third of the 167 opportunities presented to global investors at the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto. The two-day summit brought...

Russia has announced a temporary ban sulphuric acid exports until December 31, putting Kazakhstan’s uranium supply chain under renewed scrutiny after Russia provided 93.6% of the country’s acid imports in 2023. The measure was approved by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin...