Canada is examining the use of export taxes on major commodities it exports to the US — including uranium, oil and potash — if incoming President Donald Trump carries out his threat to impose broad tariffs.

A blockchain platform and a uranium trading company launched a marketplace on Tuesday to allow small investors to buy physical uranium, hoping to boost spot liquidity in the niche commodity.

The Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC), which represents 95 land drilling, offshore drilling and service rig member companies across the country, says its drilling forecast for 2025 is bright, but competitiveness concerns remain.

The global platinum market will be in a structural deficit for a third consecutive year in 2025 as mine supply remains constrained despite rising recycling and a 1% decline in demand, the World Platinum Investment Council said on Tuesday.

A new technology has the potential to usher in a ‘significant’ change to the way rare earth elements (REE) are processed.

Clean energy metals explorer Earth AI and its joint venture partner Legacy Minerals (ASX: LGM) announced Thursday the verified discovery of one of the largest palladium mineral systems in Australia.

Peninsula Energy (ASX: PEN) saw its shares plummet 18% on Friday after lowering its uranium production forecast for the Lance project in Wyoming.

French nuclear fuels company Orano warned on Friday of a “deteriorating financial situation” at its Somair uranium plant in Niger, as the West African nation increasingly looks to new partners such as Russia in its mining sector.

Fertilizer producer Mosaic missed Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Tuesday, hurt by production snags, and said its chief financial officer Clint Freeland would retire.

Australia’s Global Lithium Resources is seeking to postpone its upcoming annual shareholder meeting until March next year due to concerns over a potential breach of foreign ownership rules.