November 25, 2025 Column: Limp COP30 deal matters little in renewables vs fossil battle What the COP30 did confirm is that the energy transition is increasingly divided into countries that rely on fossil fuels and those that are trying to end reliance.
November 21, 2025 Ivanhoe, Qatar to collaborate on critical minerals mining in Africa Under the MoU terms, Qatar's wealth fund will support Ivanhoe's management team in its pursuit of existing and new growth projects.
November 21, 2025 A2MP secures $300 million from Afreximbank for African minerals A2MP has mining interests from Gabon and Cameroon to Mozambique, while owning almost 50% of FG Gold.
November 19, 2025 MP Materials soars on Saudi Arabia rare earth joint venture The Saudi JV builds on the multi-billion-dollar public-private partnership that MP and DoW announced in July 2025.
November 19, 2025 Vedanta plans Saudi spending boost in push for copper, gold The firm, controlled by Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal, has already agreed to invest $2 billion to build copper processing facilities in Saudi Arabia.
November 12, 2025 Iran’s missing uranium stockpile is growing concern at UN nuclear watchdog The International Atomic Energy Agency reiterated it hasn’t been able to verify Iran’s fuel stockpile since mid-June.
November 11, 2025 Guinea aims for global high-grade iron ore leverage with Simandou launch Guinea wants to bypass China and sell its Simandou high-grade iron ore directly to Europe and the Middle East.
November 6, 2025 ICL could lose Dead Sea concession in 2030 under government tender plan ICL, which extracts mainly potash and magnesium from the concession, has held exclusive rights to minerals from the Dead Sea site for five decades.
October 23, 2025 US, Orion partner on $5B critical minerals fund The partners have made initial capital commitments totaling $1.8 billion.
October 21, 2025 Saudi Arabia draws Macquarie, Rinehart in Australia pursuit Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting and Saudi state-backed Maaden recently won the right to dig for metals together in the kingdom.
Ports for Australia’s Pilbara iron ore region closed due to cyclone Port Hedland, about 1,300 km (800 miles) north of Western Australia's state capital, Perth, is the world's biggest export point for iron ore. February 07, 2026 | 11:40 am