Metals Market Headlines — 17 December 2025
Top 10 Metals & Mining Headlines
- Coal demand hits fresh high as US output rises — IEA
- Copper’s next shortage is structural, not hype: analyst
- Almonty starts operations at Sangdong tungsten mine in South Korea
- Vale, Caterpillar and Sotreq sign deal to expand fleet of autonomous trucks in Pará, Brazil
- McEwen has Mexico environmental OK for El Gallo mine
- Friedland-backed Sunrise raises another $21.5M for scandium project
- Seabridge to spin out Northwest Territories gold project
- Tahltan Nation backs Skeena’s Eskay Creek gold project in British Columbia
- Ecuador eyes 2026 tender for $3B Llurimagua copper project
- Canada clears way for $53B Anglo-Teck merger