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Tariffs, gold highs, and shifting battery metals reshape mining in 2025 with new risks and opportunities for projects, juniors, and suppliers

Global tariffs, record gold highs, and shifting battery metal fortunes are reshaping mining in 2025, with big implications for projects and suppliers.

By Jamie Wade on August 30, 2025
Costs, Financial Planning, Procurement Efficiency, Innovation, Technology Adoption, Risk, Risk Assessment, Risk Mitigation, Mines & Projects, Project Overviews, Development Stages, Exploration, Exploration technologies and methodologies
Australia, North America, United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Africa, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Guinea, Europe, Poland, Oceania, Asia, China
Iron ore, Aluminium/Bauxite, Dysprosium, Cobalt, Strategic Minerals, Precious Metals, Energy Minerals, Lithium, Gold, Coal (Thermal and Metallurgical), Silver, Base Metals, Uranium, Copper, Rare Earth Elements, Nickel, Neodymium, Zinc, Terbium

Gold glitters, copper climbs and red tape still bites as Australia rides the next resource boom

If you thought commodities were dull, the RIU Sydney Resources Round-up 2025 would’ve shaken that notion like a jackhammer in Kalgoorlie.

By Jamie Wade on May 9, 2025
Costs, ESG, Innovation, Risk, Mines & Projects, Exploration
Australia, Western Australia, North America, United States, California
Precious Metals, Base Metals, Energy Minerals, Natural Gas, Petroleum (Crude Oil), Strategic Minerals

Gold glitters as exploration stumbles: Aussie miners dig deep in a shifting landscape, balancing boom and bust in the hunt for the next big find

The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals a mixed landscape for mineral exploration in Australia during the December 2024 quarter.

By Jamie Wade on March 10, 2025
Costs, Cost Control, Risk, Risk Assessment, Exploration, Geological exploration and resource modelling, Exploration technologies and methodologies
Australia
Base Metals