- Gold miner weighs direct Canada-Mexico shipping route amid US tariff caution. READ MORE
- Mineral properties developer and explorer Endeavour Silver Corp. agreed to acquire Compañía Minera Kolpa SA from Arias Resource Capital Management LP and GR Holding SA for $175 million. The acquisition is expected to close in the first half of 2025. READ MORE
- Fortuna Mining Corp. agreed to sell its interest in Roxgold Sanu SA, which owns and operates the Yaramoko gold mine in Burkina Faso, along with three other subsidiaries to Soleil Resources International Ltd. for about $130 million. READ MORE
- Effect of Trump tariffs looms as US inflation slows to more than 4-year low. READ MORE
- US President Donald Trump's administration is planning an executive order that would enable the stockpiling of deep-sea critical metals on US territory, Reuters reported, citing the Financial Times. The stockpile may be used in the future in case conflict arises with China, which dominates the battery minerals and rare earth supply chains. READ MORE
- China's rare earth export curbs will strain US supply chains – industry. READ MORE
- Mitsubishi unit, Rio, Voestalpine to build hydrogen-based iron plant in Austria. READ MORE
- Algoma Steel Group Inc. CEO Michael Garcia said the US should stop treating Canada as a trade threat and instead focus on nations engaged in dumping cheap steel in North America, Dow Jones Newswires reported. READ MORE
- The April 11 meeting between US and Ukrainian officials for a proposed minerals deal became "antagonistic" and an agreement remains elusive, Reuters reported. READ MORE
- Liberty Gold Corp. will spin out the Goldstrike gold-antimony project in Utah to shareholders through Specialty American Metals Inc., which is seeking to take advantage of high demand for specialty metals. READ MORE
- United Steelworkers International, a union representing 850,000 US, Canadian and Caribbean workers in the metals industry and other sectors, passed a resolution calling for the permanent exemption from US tariffs for Canadian steel, aluminum and other products, the union said April 10. READ MORE
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