Metals Market Headlines — 17 March 2026
Top 10 Metals & Mining Headlines
- BHP targets $5B Escondida upgrade to fight grade decline
- Congo to approve Chemaf sale to US-backed Virtus
- Lucara finds rare blue diamond at Botswana mine
- Sangdong tungsten mine in South Korea returns to production after 30 years
- Recycling technology developer Nth Cycle inks $1B offtake deal with Trafigura
- Southern Cross drills antimony discovery in Australia
- US ties Zambia HIV aid to minerals: New York Times
- Harena eyes California rare earth, uranium assets
- ACG Metals hunts copper deals to build Western supply
- Falcon seeks $100M from Guinea in World Bank court