Demand shows little sign of improving, however, with Chinese import premiums falling.

Some of the biggest names in copper have found high-ranking political allies to support their efforts to get the metal added to a list of minerals deemed critical to the US.

Sprott has now launched six ETFs under its energy transition fund suite.

Gold retreated on Thursday as the dollar rebounded and some investors locked in profits.

Aluminum, and items made from the metal, now join cotton, tomatoes and polysilicon, in coming under scrutiny over links to forced labor in Xinjiang.

Analysts say American Lithium‘s Tonopah project in Nevada could run at world-beating costs.

"The number of folks talking about JVs and onshoring is very different than even just a couple of years ago,” said DOE Chelsea Sexton.

The project has been on a roller coaster for the past 15 years.