• Investors braced for further pain across global markets as US stocks and the dollar suffered their worst day in years after the latest tariff measures sparked a global flight to haven assets (Bloomberg) S&P down 4.9%, Nasdaq down 5.5%

• Glencore set July deadline for Mt Isa underground copper ops shutdown (MNN)

• Glencore has demanded a gov’t handout for its struggling Mt Isa copper smelter and Townsville copper refinery, making it the latest global company seeking a bailout following a rescue of the Whyalla steelworks (AFR)

• Commodity prices posted their biggest one-day collective slump in more than 2 years after tariffs ignited speculation that a slowing global economy (Bloomberg)

• Albanese will use Australia’s sought-after critical minerals to push for Trump to lift tariffs on the country as the PM battles toughness perceptions (West)

• Markets brace for severe economic shock from Trump’s tariff storm (AFR)

• Peter Dutton’s has a $100m pitch to WA’s junior miners, proposing to reinstate the Junior Minerals Exploration incentive (West)

• Gold stocks surge as US tariffs push bullion to record high (CB)

• The US is in talks to invest billions in the DRC and wants to help end a conflict raging in the country's east, Trump's senior adviser for Africa said during a visit on Thursday (Reuters)

• Activist Palliser has hearkened back to the disastrous Alcan deal as investors vote on scrapping Rio Tinto dual-listing (West)

• The US remains committed to funding the Lobito rail corridor, to help transport critical minerals out of the central African copperbelt, despite Trump's aggressive spending cuts, a US diplomat said (Reuters)

• The second court hearing for Northern Star’s proposed acquisition of De Grey has been scheduled for April 16 (DEG)

• Asara Resources completed the sale of its non-core Kouri and Babonga gold projects in Burkina Faso to BIC West Africa (AS1)

• Mining consolidation to speed up as Chinese demand growth slows (Reuters)

• Minerals 260 completed their $220m capital raising to fund the acquisition & advancement of the Bullabulling gold project (MI6) Set to recommence trading on 10 April

• KGL Resources completed its entitlement offer, raising ~$4.2m before costs (KGL)

• The more we ask around about Ravenswood, the more we are sceptical that the sale process will attract a bid close to the value expectations of EMR, at least from any Australian miner

• Rio Tinto’s fresh deck arguing against the unification of the DLC structure is worth reading (Rio Tinto)

• Also worth reading, Larry Fink’s 2025 annual Chairman’s Letter (Blackrock) lots on nuclear within!

• Trump’s tariff shock is smashing markets. The worst could be yet to come (AFR Chanticleer)

• Commodity traders snap up assets and tighten grip on global supply chains (FT)

• What the new US$3,000 era for gold means for investors (Livewire)

• Rio Tinto’s agitator sneaks payment in the fine print (AFR’s Rear Window)

• Tin, an overlooked critical metal, is enjoying a boom (Economist)

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