Critical minerals, claims, commodities, and the operations reshaping the global supply chain. Coverage spans the majors, the juniors, and the geopolitical competition driving it all.
Edited by the Stake & Paper Editorial Team — 408 stories in the archive, updated daily.
Subscribe to MiningThe mining sector sits at the center of the global energy transition, supplying the critical minerals -- lithium, copper, cobalt, rare earths, and uranium -- that underpin electrification and grid-scale storage. Our coverage follows exploration activity, permitting timelines, commodity price swings, and the geopolitical competition for mineral supply chains. From major producers to junior explorers, this section tracks the operational and financial forces reshaping the industry.
Copper stalls just below record highs as China's imports slump even as mine supply tightens, while Troilus triples its project value, Ivanhoe grows its DRC discovery 30%, and Eldorado ships first concentrate from Skouries.
Rio Tinto snaps up Glencore and Mitsubishi's Aurukun bauxite project ahead of a Gove mine closure, while Ivanhoe's Makoko copper discovery grows another 30% and BHP teams up with KGHM to hunt for the world's next big copper deposit.
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ACG Metals locks up a new oxide gold feed to extend its Gediktepe mine's life while Brazil pushes new legislation to keep more mineral processing at home as global capital circles its critical minerals endowment.
Energy and metals stocks are hitting highs built on scarcity, not growth — a Houthi drone over Jizan and a vanishing copper stockpile are doing more to move markets than any earnings report.
Every unpatented mining claim across all twelve BLM states. Leadfile audits, due diligence, site selection, regional prospecting, entity investigations, and AOI monitoring — delivered as complete report packages.
Baowu's interest in a stake of BHP's Jimblebar mine headlines a day that also saw South32 clear its last big US permitting hurdle, Ionic Rare Earths advance a $100 million Missouri magnet-recycling plant, and Vale shelve its base metals IPO under political pressure at home.
This week in energy: Brent crude approached $96 a barrel as renewed U.S.-Iran strikes kept the Strait of Hormuz on edge, U.S. diesel prices hit an all-time high, and Citadel emerged as a potential buyer of U.S. shale assets. Key developments across oil, gas, renewables, and mining sectors.
Federal claim filings show explorers still piling into copper and gold ground months after the assessment-year rush faded — with Anglo American staking new Arizona acreage and a small Oregon gold miner outpacing everyone.
Albemarle taps BHP's Ragnar Udd to lead the world's largest lithium producer through the next cycle, Colombia rips up a decade of mining restrictions to chase investment, and Faraday Copper, South32 and Eldorado all post fresh Arizona-to-Saskatchewan milestones.
CATL's Jianxiawo mine is back in care and maintenance after regulators pulled its environmental approval, while lithium, copper and antimony juniors from Argentina to New South Wales chase the supply gaps left behind.
Sibanye-Stillwater greenlights new copper and gold mines in Australia and South Africa as ACG Metals, Larvotto and Smackover Lithium all cross major production and offtake milestones on a busy Tuesday wire.
Glencore emerges as the wildcard in Anglo American and Teck's $1.4 billion Chilean copper synergy plan, while Smackover Lithium locks in a decade-long supply deal with LG Energy Solution and Defense Metals sharpens its rare earth resource in British Columbia.
Boliden's $1.3 billion move on Nexa Resources headlines a wire dominated by zinc's supply squeeze, a first underground blast at a historic Utah uranium mine, a $75 million rare-earth recycling raise, and fresh gold drilling in Brazil.
This week in energy: Iran war fallout sent VLCC tanker rates toward $650,000 a day, Venezuela began weighing an OPEC exit that would follow the UAE's, and Brent crude reclaimed $90 as gold notched its best month since January. Key developments across oil, gas, renewables, and mining sectors.
Washington is negotiating direct ownership of Venezuelan oil fields holding 90 billion barrels — a deal that would more than double U.S. reserves and reshape the hemisphere's energy map.
Copper smashed fresh records on tariff-driven supply fears while the UK government bankrolled a tungsten mine restart, South32 supersized its Chile reserves, and Agnico and Atomic Eagle both moved to lock down critical assets.
Clean-energy capital is splitting in two: money is flooding into uranium and fusion to feed AI's power habit, while solar cools off despite a war-driven push for energy independence.
Doug Ford's threat to cut off Ontario's nickel and uranium exposes how deeply Washington's critical-minerals ambitions still depend on the neighbor it just picked a fight with.
Empire Metals confirms the world's largest titanium resource while Sunrise Energy Metals, Ramaco Resources, Greenland Mines and Omai Gold post fresh milestones across critical minerals and gold.
Clean energy capital spending is racing toward a record $180 billion this year, even as Washington strips away the subsidies that were supposed to make it happen.
