July 15, 2025 China’s lithium giants tumble after first-half profit warnings Two of the largest miners warned that battery metal woes had weighed on earnings for the first half of the year.
July 15, 2025 Rio Tinto picks iron ore boss Simon Trott as new CEO The board believes the company has become too complex, and the new CEO will be tasked with simplifying it.
July 14, 2025 Lockheed Martin reboots Pacific seabed mining plans The US defense giant holds two licenses in the mineral-rich Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the eastern Pacific ocean.
July 10, 2025 Chinese tycoons are turning Indonesia into an aluminum giant This year alone, three new alumina refineries, a key part of the aluminum production process, will begin working.
July 9, 2025 GM-backed EnergyX buys lithium-rich acreage in US Smackover formation The deal boosts the holdings of EnergyX to roughly 47,500 acres in the Smackover.
July 7, 2025 CHART: Nickel overtakes lithium as most valuable EV battery metal as prices slump And that is despite the significant move towards nickel-free batteries such as lithium iron phosphate or LPF and the significant cooling of nickel prices at the same time.
July 6, 2025 South32 sells Cerro Matoso nickel mine as it looks to copper and zinc Australian miner sells Colombian operation to refocus on copper and zinc.
July 4, 2025 Chaos in Bolivian Congress over China, Russia lithium contracts Bolivian lawmakers and protesters clashed over lithium deals with China and Russia, accusing the government of selling out national interests.
July 4, 2025 Researchers from Scotland and Canada partner to clean up contaminated mine water They plan to develop a low-cost system combining microalgae and calcium silicate to remove and recover cobalt, nickel and copper for reuse.
July 2, 2025 Indonesia plans to cut mining quota period back to one year, minister says The move is expected to help underpin prices of coal and ores and boost government revenues.
Two killed in underground explosion at Polish coal mine Eight workers evacuated, but contact with two was lost. After seven hours, teams found the missing miners dead. December 23, 2025 | 03:11 am
