View: Source Silver hit an all-time high on Wednesday, trading at US$92 an ounce, with industry leaders calling it the ‘next generational metal.’ The rally is being driven by rising demand from electrification, clean energy, and data centres, as well as a persistent supply deficit. But Canada, which holds some of the richest silver deposits in the world, does not consider …
Continue ReadingView: Source As Trump threatens to take Greenland by force, Europe’s failure to mine the icebound Danish territory looks increasingly like a mistake. On Greenland’s southern tip, surrounded by snowy peaks and deep fjords, lies Kvanefjeld — a mining project that shows the giant, barren island is more than just a coveted military base. Beneath the icy ground sits a major …
Continue ReadingView: Source The Geological Survey of Brazil (SGB) sees one more state in the country with potential to develop projects related to the rare earths segment. Currently, Brazil, which holds the second-largest volume of rare earth reserves in the world, behind only China, has the most advanced projects in this segment in the states of Minas Gerais and Goiás. Now, the SGB points out that …
Continue ReadingView: Source As the world accelerates its shift from fossil fuels to clean energy technologies, Africa is emerging as a central player in supplying the minerals that underpin this transformation. According to the African Energy Chamber’s (AEC) State of African Energy 2026 Outlook, the continent’s abundant reserves of critical minerals – including cobalt, lithium, copper and platinum group metals (PGMs) – position …
Continue ReadingView: Source In recent years, people often explained aluminium prices using familiar demand stories like construction cycles, auto production, sentiment from China, and seasonal buying. However, as we approach 2026, a larger factor affecting price behaviour is hard to overlook: supply is less flexible than it once was. Even in a slower-growing economy, aluminium prices can remain elevated if the market …
Continue ReadingView: Source Europe’s dependence on China for critical materials is strategic, not geological. The real chokepoint lies in processing and refining, where China dominates and Europe has largely exited, leaving itself vulnerable despite having significant mineral deposits. Europe can rebuild resilience without isolation, by anchoring extraction, processing, and recycling. Few debates in Brussels carry as much emotional charge as critical raw …
Continue ReadingGold, silver jumped to new highs after Fed Chair Jerome Powell warned that “threats and ongoing pressure” from the Trump administration are jeopardizing the central bank’s independence. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth/File Photo · Reuters / Reuters View: Source Gold and silver surged to new all-time intraday highs on Monday after Fed Chair Jerome Powell warned that “threats and ongoing pressure” from the Trump administration are …
Continue ReadingA sample of antimony is displayed at the Natural History Museum in London, Britain, June 6, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo View: Source Australia will prioritise antimony, gallium and rare earth elements as part of its A$1.2 billion ($802 million) strategic reserve, it said on Monday, as its Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares to join a G7 meeting to discuss critical minerals. Australia …
Continue ReadingRhodium, the world’s most expensive metal, is found in Colombia, although in small quantities, mainly in the department of Choco. Credit: Rhagchem / CC BY-SA 4.0 View: Source Rhodium, the most expensive metal in the world, is found, albeit in small quantities, in Colombia. The price of this mineral on the international market at the end of 2023 reached US$28,775 per ounce (just over …
Continue ReadingView: Source Mining giants Rio Tinto and Glencore have resumed negotiations regarding a potential £190 billion deal that would establish the world’s largest mining company. On Friday, the two firms confirmed preliminary discussions concerning a combination of businesses, expected to be structured as an acquisition of Glencore via a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement. This follows a previous attempt in late 2024, …
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