In the first quarter of the Iranian year 1405 (spring 2026), the country's banking network paid out a total of 2,940 trillion tomans in facilities, marking a 74% growth compared to the same period last year. Among these, the industry and mining sector, receiving 957 trillion tomans in facilities with priority given to working capital financing, accounted for 45.8% of the total facilities allocated to working capital across all economic sectors.

The British Columbia government is appealing a court decision requiring consultation with First Nations before granting mineral exploration rights on traditional territories.

Trafigura Group is seeking permission to subpoena Wall Street banks for information that might help the commodity trading giant track down the more than half a billion dollars it lost in an alleged nickel fraud.

Fortescue shipped 97.1 million tonnes (Mt) of iron ore in the first half of the 2024­–25 financial year (FY25), the highest half-year shipments in the company’s history.

China’s central bank resumed buying gold for its reserves in November after a six-month pause, official data by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) showed on Saturday.

China’s central bank refrained from gold purchases to its reserves for a second consecutive month in June, official data showed on Sunday.

Glencore Plc may consider switching its primary listing from London to New York, analysts at Deutsche Bank AG predicted, in what would be the most high-profile exit from the UK exchange to date.

Junior bankers who were recently fired from Bank of Montreal’s metals and mining group used work-sharing platforms to circulate crude jokes and at least one obscene image, which were discovered during an internal investigation after another employee complained, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Iron ore futures prices dropped for a second consecutive session on Monday as top consumer China defied market expectations and stood pat on its medium-term interest rate, leaving traders disappointed.

Mining News Pro - A memorandum of cooperation was signed between Iran's National Copper Industries Company and Saderat Bank.