Top stories of 2025 on MINING.COM
Critical minerals and gold were the two big themes shaping the mining industry in 2025. As US President Donald Trump returned for his second stint in office and pushed through…
ISA rules leave seabed mining stuck without benefit sharing
Research team studying the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining. (Image courtesy of Global Sea Mineral Resources.) The International Seabed Authority (ISA), a UN body that manages mineral-related activities in the…
Copper price: Most popular stories of 2025
Copper prices hit a fresh all-time high above $12,000 a tonne in London and $5.60 a pound in Chicago this week, capping a year characterized by production outages, trade dislocations, mergers…
Copper price tops $12,000 for first time on tariffs, supply woes
Copper prices hit a fresh all-time high above $12,000 a tonne on Tuesday capping a year that has seen mine outages and trade dislocations put the industrial metal on course…
Japan to test rare-earth mining from deep seabed mud
Japan will conduct a month-long test to extract rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed near the remote Minamitorishima Island, marking a first-of-its-kind effort to continuously lift material from about 6,000…
Copper’s tight supply and tariff risks set for a volatile 2026
Year-long disruptions at Grasberg, Kamoa-Kakula, and El Teniente drove copper prices higher. (Image: MINING.COM) Copper’s record-breaking 2025 has set up a tight but fragile market heading into 2026 as supply…
Over 60% of critical minerals demand met through global trade: IEF
Stock image. More than 60% of global critical mineral demands is met through international trade, underscoring the deep structural interdependence between producing and consuming economies as the deployment of clean…
How 2026 will reshape the US critical mineral resilience
The US aims to triple investment in AI data centres, critical minerals, and energy. (Image courtesy of
Ioneer expects partner search to conclude in H1 2026
Ioneer (ASX: INR) (NASDAQ: IONR) now expects to complete its partner search for the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron mine project in Nevada during the first half of 2026, the company said in…
US raises Graphite One loan to $2.1B
US raises Graphite One loan to $2.1B The US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) has increased potential funding to over $2 billion for Graphite One’s (TSXV: GPH) Alaska-to-Ohio supply chain. The bank…
