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Australia Fast-Tracks Critical Mineral Stockpiles as Supply Risks Rise

📌 Key Takeaways Australia will fast-track a A$1.2 billion critical minerals stockpile, targeting rare earths, antimony and gallium. The reserve is designed to secure supply for...

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...

US Military to Roll Out “Mini-Refineries” to reduce Chinese Grip on Critical Minerals

📌 Key Takeaways Perpetua and INL will deploy a modular pilot plant to produce military-grade antimony trisulfide from ore at Perpetua’s Stibnite Gold Project in...

US Moves to Take Equity Stakes in More Critical Mineral Companies

📌 Key Takeaways The US government is preparing to acquire equity stakes in additional critical-minerals firms.  This move builds on recent fiscal support and funding rounds...

Tin Deficit Tightens — and 2026 Could See Price Volatility

📌 Key takeaways A new report from Fitch Solutions BMI forecasts a supply-driven deficit in refined tin markets, raising its 2026 tin price forecast to...

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...

DOE Launches $355 Million Program to Expand US Critical Minerals Supply Chain

📌 Key Takeaways The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces $355 million in funding to expand domestic production of critical minerals and materials.  The funds are...

Funds Move Into Nickel As Price At 5-Year-Low

Hedge funds and other speculative traders have amassed long positions equivalent to 272,000 tons on the nickel price, the most optimistic stance since the...

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Diesel Squeeze Raises Stakes for Australian Mining

US diesel prices have hit a record US$6.51 a gallon, lawmakers are proposing export restrictions, and Australia has reported...
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Copper Backwardation Tops US$500 as LME Supply Tightens

Copper advanced toward a record as competition for immediately available metal pushed a key London spread to its most...

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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