Good copper is hard to come by, especially in an environment where we will need a lot more of the stuff to fuel the transition to electrification and renewable energy over the coming decades (reports Stockhead).

Garimpeiro made a call three months ago that the galvanizing metal zinc was looking sexy because the energy crisis in Europe was pressuring output from the region’s big fleet of smelters (reports Barry FitzGerald on Stockhead).

Alicanto says its impending maiden JORC resource for the Sala Zinc -Silver-Lead-(Copper-Gold) Project in Sweden has been bolstered by strong final assay results grading up to 12.7% zinc (reports Stockhead).

Development of the Coburn mineral sands project in Western Australia is reportedly going well, with owner Strandline Resources saying it remains on-budget and on-track for production and has the potential to enjoy reduced mining costs (reports MiningNews)

Resurgent Mark Creasy-controlled iron ore play CZR Resources (ASX:CZR) is at an exciting juncture (reports Stockhead).

Sunstone Metals remains very confident it is onto something major at its El Palmar porphyry prospect in Ecuador (reports MiningNews).

There is smoke billowing everywhere from Nimy Resources’ (NIM) Mons nickel-copper project in WA, fuelling growing interest in the signal it is sending about the metal which lies below (reports Stockhead).

Kin Mining (ASX: KIN) has received “significant” assay results from the Rangoon prospect revealing “extensive” gold mineralisation stretching southwards into an under-explored area (reports Small Caps).

Gascoyne has made a stellar intersection of 54m grading 6.55g/t gold at its Gilbey’s North discovery which is north of its operating Gilbey’s pit about 65km north-west of Mt Magnet, WA (reports Stockhead).

Chinese companies that produce raw materials for electric vehicle batteries show indications of using forced labour, according to a report from The New York Times (writes CNBC).

Mineral processing technology company TNG (ASX: TNG) has appointed Australia-based construction firm Clough as lead engineer for the delivery of its wholly-owned Mount Peake vanadium-titanium-iron project in the Northern Territory (reports Small Caps).

Australia’s east coast has a wealth of energy sources, but a poverty of electricity being generated (reports Stockhead).

A fundamental restructuring of global uranium supply and pricing presents an “incredible’’ opportunity for producers and late-stage explorers, analysts say (reports The Australian).

The ASX-listed uranium sector has come in from the bitter cold of the last 11 years, buoyed by the relentless global decarbonisation push and security of supply concerns caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (writes Barry FitzGerald on MiningNews).

You know it’s been a bad month when a 4% share price fall is considered a good result, but that’s one way of looking at the uranium sector where declines of that size, and less, stand out against double digit drops elsewhere (Tim Treadgold on Small Caps).

There is a fight brewing in the lithium market, after a controversial forecast from Goldman Sachs Group analysts set off a backlash among some of the industry’s most prominent experts (reports Bloomberg).

Stavely Minerals has announced a “very robust” maiden resource for the Cayley Lode discovery in Victoria (reports MiningNews).

The global commodity business can get a whole lot more expensive — and dirtier, too (reports Bloomberg).

Labyrinth’s upcoming maiden JORC resource for its namesake project in Canada is looking positive as drilling continues to return high-grade gold in multiple lodes (reports Stockhead).

Liontown Resources and Tesla have formalised an offtake agreement for the Kathleen Valley lithium project in Western Australia (reports MiningNews).