PT Weda Bay Nickel has been told to file a 2026 work plan reflecting 12 million wet metric tonnes of annual production and sales, a sharp cut from the 42 million wet metric tonnes permitted for 2025, according to a...

price volatility: lithium carbonate prices increased 130% in late 2025 tightening supply: global lithium consumption forecast to jump 13–17% in 2026, driven by EVs, heavy electric trucks, and grid battery storage geopolitics: China processes over 75% of the world’s lithium...

US is creating a $12 billion strategic minerals stockpile to reduce dependence on China the program targets rare earths, lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite and other critical minerals funding will be routed through EXIM Bank and federal procurement mechanisms The US...

LME cash copper prices hit an all-time high of $13,300 per metric ton on January 6, 2026, marking a 50% year-on-year increase The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) projects a 150,000-ton refined copper deficit for 2026, while J.P. Morgan estimates...

Dr. Nathan Chutas, Senior VP Operations and Director, is a professional geologist with over 20 years exploration and mining experience across North America, South Africa, Mexico, and most recently seven years in Papua New Guinea. Nathan holds PhD in Geological Sciences...

Global mining investment will be dominated by three main drivers in 2026: geopolitics, the energy transition, cautious capital investment, according to the latest report by Wood Mackenzie. Specific events in particular that will set the tone of trade and growth...

US President Trump has signed an Executive Order directing US trade and commerce officials to begin talks with foreign suppliers to secure critical mineral imports, while warning that tariffs or other trade restrictions could follow "if such an agreement is...

US Department of Energy awards $2.7 billion to restart domestic uranium enrichment after decades of decline the move targets HALEU fuel, now critical for next-generation nuclear reactors and defense applications US currently relies heavily on Russia-linked enrichment services enrichment capacity,...

US has backed a $7.4bn critical minerals smelter to be built by Korea Zinc, the world’s largest zinc smelter facility, planned for Tennessee, will process antimony, gallium, germanium, zinc, copper, lead, precious metals, and rare earths commercial production expected to...

Global uranium demand for nuclear reactors is expected to climb from 68,000 tonnes in 2025 to: 86,000 tonnes by 2030 150,000-204,000 tU by 2040 To fill the projected gap from 68,000 to 150,000 tU would need the equivalent of approximately 10...

China controls a vertically integrated titanium empire – from ore mines and TiO₂ pigment plants to sponge and aerospace alloy production – giving it unprecedented influence over global prices and supply, but faces structural constraints that creates opportunities for Western...

The price of palladium hit near US$1,500 in October 2025, up more than 50% in 2025, the highest since April 2023 — almost mirroring the soaring rise in price of gold — but, this is not just a debasement trade: the global...