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Pan American Silver wins Mexican clearance for $2.1bn MAG Silver takeover, eyes September close

Pan American Silver wins Mexican clearance for $2.1bn MAG Silver takeover, eyes September close
U.S. Department of Interior proposes adding copper and silver to 2025 critical minerals list; two materials dropped
U.S. Department of Interior proposes adding copper and silver to 2025 critical minerals list; two materials dropped
Trump administration weighs diverting $2bn in CHIPS funds to critical minerals, boosting Lutnick’s role
Trump administration weighs diverting $2bn in CHIPS funds to critical minerals, boosting Lutnick’s role
CATL’s Jianxiawo halt jolts lithium prices as Guangzhou futures stoke speculative surge
CATL’s Jianxiawo halt jolts lithium prices as Guangzhou futures stoke speculative surge
Almonty says Sangdong construction is complete, first output slated for H2 2025
Almonty says Sangdong construction is complete, first output slated for H2 2025

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Weekly Metals News Digest – July 14 – 1
July 21, 2025

Weekly Metals News Digest – July 14 – 18

BHP Group to cooperate with CATL Last week’s news flow was dominated by developments in the United States, one of the world’s largest producers and consumers of metals. Against this backdrop, BHP Group announced a memorandum of understanding with Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) that sets the stage for wide-ranging collaboration in battery technology. According to…
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Weekly Metals News Digest – July 7 – 11
July 14, 2025

Weekly Metals News Digest – July 7 – 11

Copper Tariffs, Lithium Discoveries, and Shifting Global Metals Markets Copper grabbed the spotlight last week, following a surprise policy shift in the U.S. and fresh signs of trouble at production sites worldwide. Meanwhile, major lithium developments and structural shifts in non-ferrous metals pointed to a global industry in motion. On July 1, U.S. President Donald…
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US Startup Nth Cycle Claims Breakthrough in Critical Metals Processing Despite Limited Commercial Track Record
July 7, 2025

Weekly Metals News Digest – 30 June – 4 July

Nth Cycle Strengthens US Raw Material Independence American company Nth Cycle has commenced processing end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles to extract nickel and cobalt, supporting the US government’s push for raw material independence. The initiative aligns with federal legislation including the Inflation Reduction Act and the Defence Production Act, which encourage domestic processing of…
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Nickel

Lifezone flags defence-led nickel demand as Kabanga advances toward FID
August 20, 2025

Lifezone flags defence-led nickel demand as Kabanga advances toward FID

Lifezone, a New York-listed battery metals developer, says stepped-up defence spending will lift nickel demand just as it moves its Kabanga project in Tanzania toward a final investment decision (FID). Founder and chair Keith Liddell told Mining Weekly he expects “a big demand side inflection… from the global defence industry,” citing the use of nickel-containing…
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Washington counters Beijing with Cook Islands seabed mapping pact
August 7, 2025

Washington counters Beijing with Cook Islands seabed mapping pact

United States, government, and Cook Islands, Pacific micro-state, have begun negotiations on a programme to chart the island nation’s 1.96 million-km² exclusive economic zone, aiming to quantify polymetallic nodules that could feed battery supply chains and lessen China’s grip on critical minerals. The talks come five months after Avarua signed a five-year cooperation agreement with…
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Platinum

Sibanye-Stillwater’s H1 gold output falls 13% on shaft incidents; US PGM cutbacks bite as recycling and by-products offset
August 18, 2025

Sibanye-Stillwater’s H1 gold output falls 13% on shaft incidents; US PGM cutbacks bite as recycling and by-products offset

Sibanye-Stillwater, gold and PGM producer, and South Africa’s Kloof–Driefontein and Beatrix complex operator, reported a 13% year-on-year drop in South African gold production to 300,191 oz (9.3 t) for January–June 2025 as first-quarter disruptions at Kloof and Driefontein lingered into Q2, while group PGM volumes softened with US operations curtailed under low-price conditions. The company…
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Zimbabwe PGM miners face cash squeeze as state delays local-currency payouts under 70% forex retention rule
August 6, 2025

Zimbabwe PGM miners face cash squeeze as state delays local-currency payouts under 70% forex retention rule

Valterra Platinum, South African PGM producer with Zimbabwe’s Unki mine, Impala’s Zimplats, and Mimosa, the Impala–Sibanye Stillwater joint venture, have been hit by unpaid local-currency proceeds under Zimbabwe’s foreign-exchange retention regime, after exporters shipped $690 million of PGM mattes and concentrates in the first half but have not received the 30% local-currency portion since January,…
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Palladium

Palladium Global Science Award: promoting innovation in palladium technologies
June 10, 2025

Palladium Global Science Award: promoting innovation in palladium technologies

The Palladium Global Science Award, launched in March 2025, supports pioneering research in palladium-based materials. Open to scientists, startups, and research teams, the award seeks proposals for novel applications of palladium. Submissions are due by July 31, 2025. The initiative aims to recognize and fund breakthrough ideas in the development of palladium materials with unique…
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April 24, 2025

Nornickel Maintains Stable Metal Output in Q1 2025 Amid Market Turbulence

Nornickel, one of the world’s largest producers of nickel and palladium, maintained stable production in the first quarter of 2025, with only marginal declines in most key metals despite persistent headwinds in the global metals market. The company reported a 1.1% year-on-year decrease in nickel output to 41.6 thousand tonnes, a 0.4% dip in copper…
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