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China Pulls Back Loans to Africa — Tightening Capital for Mining

📌 Key Takeaways Chinese lending across Africa has fallen to its lowest level in nearly two decades, tightening capital for mining and infrastructure projects. Beijing’s retreat...

US Mining Enters Breakout Phase with More Incoming Historic Government-Backed Deals

📌 Key Takeaways The White House is planning more “historic deals” with US mining companies to secure critical mineral supply chains for defense and high-tech...

BHP Abandons Second Anglo American Bid

📌 Key Takeaways BHP Group has formally walked away from its renewed takeover approach for rival Anglo American following preliminary discussions The pursuit, which centered on...

Trump Approves Ambler Road to Unlock Alaska’s Critical Mineral Potential

President Trump has signed an Executive Order permitting construction of the 211-mile Ambler industrial access road, linking Alaska’s Dalton Highway to the mineral-rich Ambler...

US eyes equity stakes in Australian critical minerals firms

📌 Key Takeaways The U.S. government has offered to buy direct equity stakes in Australian critical minerals firms, as part of a strategic push to...

Trump Admin Targets Equity Stakes in U.S. Critical Mineral Firms

📌 Key Takeaways U.S. government already owns 15% of MP Materials, the only U.S. rare earth miner. Administration now weighing up to 10% stake in Lithium...

Freeport halts Grasberg operations after mud rush, declares force majeure. Copper surges.

📌 Key Takeaways Freeport has declared force majeure at Grasberg after a mud-rush incident. Copper and gold sales for Q3 2025 are set to fall. Analysts cut...

World’s top miners by market capitalization

Anglo-America and Teck have agreed to a $53billion merger to create a copper giant.

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Zinc Prices Rise as China Smelter Cuts Deepen Supply Squeeze

Zinc prices are being driven higher by a supply squeeze that has flipped the market from expected surplus to...
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Fusion Investment Tops $1.6bn in 2026 as $73bn Supply Chain Race Builds

At least $1.6 billion of disclosed fusion investment, financing and public-market transactions has been announced in 2026, as investors,...

Copper Hits Record High as Supply Squeeze Meets AI Demand

Copper has hit another record high, with U.S. futures settling at $6.6495/lb, up 38% from a year ago. And...

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