February 6, 2023 Burkina Faso denies favouring Nordgold over gold mine permit Burkina Faso did not award a mining permit to Nordgold because it is a Russian company, its mines minister said.
February 6, 2023 Like Musk, nickel-rich Indonesia has high electric vehicle ambitions In just three years, Indonesia has signed more than a dozen deals worth more than $15 billion for battery and EV production.
February 3, 2023 The fossil-fuel elephant in the electrification room The transition from fossil fuels to electrified transportation and renewable energy is predicated on two assumptions, both of which are false.
February 3, 2023 Column: China’s zinc and lead exports plug Western supply gaps China's shift to net exporter of both metals is a rare inversion of historical trade patterns.
February 3, 2023 Graphic: Disruptions raise the chance of copper supply tightness Production disruptions in Latin America and Africa have raised the stakes for a tighter market this year.
February 3, 2023 Russians bought record number of gold bars in 2022, data shows State-controlled VTB Bank said it sold 33.8 tonnes of gold bars to customers in 2022, with clients holding 50 billion roubles ($711 million) of the metal.
February 2, 2023 US mine production value rises 3.8% to $98 billion in 2022 — USGS In 2022 consumption of many mineral commodities neared or exceeded pre-pandemic levels.
February 2, 2023 Colombia’s mining royalties hit record $1.32bn in 2022 Coal production rose 10% year on year to 65.3 million tonnes, marking a second year of recovery.
February 2, 2023 Copper’s fight for critical mineral status gets political push Some of the biggest names in copper have found high-ranking political allies to support their efforts to get the metal added to a list of minerals deemed critical to the…
February 2, 2023 Iron ore price at 2-week low as traders reassess demand prospects in China Iron ore and steel prices in China hit multi-month highs in January as markets rallied from early November.
Rio Tinto’s fourth-quarter iron ore, copper output beat estimates The world's largest producer of iron ore shipped 91.3 Mt of the steel-making commodity from its Pilbara operations in the three months ended December 31. January 20, 2026 | 02:08 pm