10+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1083+ words) Updated July 20, 2026 @ 9:43pm President Donald Trump signed orders Monday to hammer certain Canadian products with 50 per cent tariffs, escalating trade tensions with the United States' northern neighbour. "President Trump took decisive action to hold Canada accountable for its retaliation and discrimination,…...

3+ hour, 1+ min ago   (58+ words) The Australian BlueScope’s takeover looks dead, but buyback silence is deafening The market has quietly concluded that the Steel Dynamics and SGH consortium bid is finished. What happens next with the North Star business is a rather more interesting conversation....

7+ min ago   (464+ words) Future Metals eyes a lower-capital restart of its Panton PGM project via a Savannah plant deal with Zeta Resources, targeting output by 2029. Managing director Keith Bowes, who joined Future Metals after a stint leading Lotus Resources' Kayelekera restart, said the…...

10+ min ago   (257+ words) Business Correspondent|United Kingdom-based Kwenda Diamonds founder and Managing Director, Kundai Thomas Kwenda, has challenged African entrepreneurs to take a leading role across the diamond value chain, arguing that the continent must move beyond simply exporting raw minerals and instead…...

7+ hour, 43+ min ago   (754+ words) Spot gold rose 0.5% to $4,023.56 per ounce, extending its stay above the $4,000 mark, while U.S. gold futures for August delivery gained 0.3% to $4,028. The advance came after crude oil retreated sharply from recent highs, shifting investor focus from inflation risks toward broader geopolitical…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago   (400+ words) Copper has secured an investment from Grammy-winning artist and entrepreneur Diplo. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. The Seattle-based company operates a consumer platform that allows users to earn money through mobile games, online activity and cash back…...

55+ min ago   (78+ words) ALCHEMPro India's GAIL, KABIL ink pact to strengthen critical minerals ties - GAIL signed an MoU with Khanij Bidesh India Limited to collaborate on critical and strategic minerals for India's resource security. - It covers opportunity assessment, expertise exchange, capacity building and…...

25+ min ago   (319+ words) ING’s Warren Patterson and Ewa Manthey highlight a softening Aluminium supply picture. Global primary output fell in June on both monthly and yearly bases, even as first-half production stayed broadly stable. China’s output dipped month-on-month but remains higher year-to-date, while…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago   (586+ words) Indian steelmakers are increasingly relying on domestic demand as exports to Europe and the UK come under pressure from tighter import rules, while low-cost Chinese steel intensifies competition at home Indian steelmakers expect exports to the EU and UK to…...

4+ hour ago   (351+ words) German steel company Thyssenkrupp has reduced steel production at its Duisburg plant after low water levels in the Rhine River disrupted the supply of raw materials, a McCloskey company representative confirmed on July 15. The scale of the cuts has not…...