March 17, 2022

5 CHARTS: Mining supercycle – how soon is now?

Pent-up demand, supply shocks, low stocks pushed aluminum, copper and coal prices to all-time highs, but new report suggests supercycle talk is premature.

March 14, 2022

Ukraine crisis rocks the London Metal Exchange

The more immediate concern for all metals traders is whether the LME can fix its broken nickel contract, writes Andy Home.

March 7, 2022

Copper, coal prices hit records, nickel jumps 30% overnight after wild week of trading

Copper scales $5 for the first time ever, metallurgical and thermal coal hit record highs and nickel jumps more than 20% in a day.

March 7, 2022

Strike forces Excellon Resources to halt Mexican silver mine

Unionized workers at La Platosa silver mine in Durango have walked off the job after collective bargaining talks broke down.

March 4, 2022

Base metals set for best-ever week as war stokes shortage fears

It’s getting increasingly difficult to transport commodities like metals since almost half of the world’s container ships no longer go to Russia.

March 3, 2022

Copper close to record, zinc at 15-year high, nickel nears $28,000 as metal price rally gains momentum

Industrial metals "are just waking up" to the supply risk from Ukraine-Russia war, low stockpiles and soaring energy costs.

March 1, 2022

The 50 minerals critical to US security

This graphic lists all of the minerals that the government deemed critical to both the economic and national security of the United States.

February 28, 2022

Honduras to cancel environmental permits for mining, ban open pits

The announcement comes from the barely a month-old government of leftist President Xiomara Castro.

February 25, 2022

South America Snapshot: Eight companies exploring and developing new mines

The need for battery metals is propelling many projects in resource-rich South America, but gold and silver projects retain their appeal, too.

February 23, 2022

Saudi Arabian miner Al Masane Al Kobra set to raise up to 1.25 billion riyals in IPO

Al Masane Al Kobra, also known as Amak, is a miner which produces copper, zinc, silver, gold and other metals.