2+ hour, 19+ min ago  (205+ words) A brief speculative frenzy amid skyrocketing gold and silver prices leaves some retail investors holding shiny kilogram bars they can't sell During the Chinese New Year holiday, Katty Mao struggled to find buyers for 500 "investment-grade" copper bars she bought in…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (239+ words) A new deal gives America unrestricted access to Indonesia's nickel " and challenges China's "preferential' position in the market, analysts say China will accelerate investment in alternative nickel supply sources and strengthen its role across the metal's wider supply chain, analysts…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (760+ words) If 2026 were a chess match, critical minerals would be the opening gambit, and both China and the United States are going all out. On January 28, China's Zijin Mining announced a US$4 billion takeover of Allied Gold's three African mines. On…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (322+ words) New Zealand's government has come under fire for keeping its talks with the United States over critical minerals under wraps, as opposition parties level accusations of secrecy amid mounting concern about environmental damage and foreign influence. Analysts say Wellington is…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (213+ words) For Asia's China-linked economies, the challenge is to remain open to all opportunities while safeguarding supply chains of the future For decades, the global economy has operated on a simple premise: efficiency above all else. We built a world where…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (243+ words) 10 workers were kidnapped last month from a silver mine in an area authorities say is under the control of a "faction of the Sinaloa cartel Three of 10 mine workers kidnapped last month from a "mine run by Canada's Vizsla Silver…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (194+ words) Washington says the Forge initiative is about securing supply chains against shocks and price coercion, not building an exclusive bloc A senior US official on Thursday defended Washington's new critical minerals push, telling the South China Morning Post that supply…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (192+ words) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "pained by the mishap" and that the victims" families would receive compensation At least 18 people died on Thursday after an explosion ripped through an illegal coal mine in the northeastern Indian state of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (214+ words) The EU industry chief secured a "commitment" in Washington for a memorandum on critical minerals, but anxiety is growing EU industry chief Stephane Sejourne was in Washington on Wednesday, with a mandate from the bloc"s 27 member states to work…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (119+ words) More than 50 countries encouraged to back US-led framework using price floors and financing to blunt Beijing's control of hi-tech materials "[The US is creating] a preferential trade zone for critical minerals protected from external disruptions through enforceable price floors." Describing…...