LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) – The tin market has kicked off the new year in explosive form, prices racing to all-time nominal highs on both the London and Shanghai markets. The rally is “unreasonable”, according to the state-backed China Nonferrous…

Italian financial authorities have detained a cargo ship in the port of Brindisi on suspicion of violating European Union sanctions targeting Russia, according to ANSA on January 17. The vessel, flying the flag of a small Pacific island nation—reportedly Tuvalu—was…

The US is exploring the possibility of forming a rare earths partnership with Brazil, as Washington steps up efforts to reduce the nation’s reliance on mineral supplies from China, the Financial Times reported. Officials from both countries have held preliminary meetings that include…

Saudi Arabia’s state-backed mining champion, Ma’aden, has unveiled an $110 billion, decade-long minerals investment plan. But describing it as “mining investment” misses the deeper story. What is unfolding in the Kingdom is not a resource boom—it is the construction of…

For most of modern history, mining influence has been anchored in two places: where the resources sit, and where the world’s processing capacity, standards, and capital allocation decisions are concentrated. The Future Minerals Forum (FMF) is challenging that old map.…

Japan is going to the depths of the ocean to reduce its reliance on China. Tokyo has launched an ambitious plan to mine the floor of the Pacific for mud rich in rare earth minerals at a depth of 6…

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has expressed its full support for government’s ‘zero tolerance’ campaign against illegal mining and unregulated activities. In a release yesterday the association stated, “We stand firmly behind the comprehensive campaign to sanitize…

As the U.S. already has near-unrestricted military access to Greenland under a 1951 agreement, there is no national security imperative to own the island, but the Trump administration covets its vast natural resources. The USGS estimates that the Arctic holds…