January 24, 2024 Thailand aims for lithium output in two years, boosting EV ambitions Southeast Asia's largest car producer and exporter wants to convert about 30% of its annual vehicle production into EVs by 2030.
January 24, 2024 Graphic: Tin shackled by surplus, but green industry demand poised to mop up supplies Tin prices have dropped 20% to around $26,500 a metric ton, since hitting a six-month high at $32,680 in January last year.
January 24, 2024 Column: Funds sell copper as weak demand trumps supply pressures Funds are adopting an increasingly bearish stance in the copper market, preferring to focus on a globally weak demand picture rather than signs of supply-chain stress.
January 23, 2024 Investor group turns up heat on mining tailings dam laggards So far 77 listed mining companies, including the world's largest BHP and Rio Tinto, have signed up to a tougher code of conduct.
January 23, 2024 Aluminum price jumps after report EU may sanction Russian metal Prices rose as much as 3.6% on the London Metal Exchange.
January 23, 2024 Winners of China’s 2023 coal-buying bonanza face a tougher year Imports surged 62% in 2023 to an unprecedented 474 million tons as the government supplemented record production at home.
January 23, 2024 Australian lithium output cuts seen on price slump Australian lithium producers may be set to track the nickel industry in project curtailments and delays this reporting season.
January 23, 2024 India raises import duty on gold, silver jewellery findings India's Ministry of Finance also hiked the import duty on spent catalysts containing precious metals.
January 22, 2024 Mining generated C$18 billion for BC economy in 2022 – report This represents a 40% improvement over the figure in 2021 and 46.3% higher than the C$12.3 billion reported for 2018.
January 22, 2024 China, in comic strip, warns of ‘overseas’ threats to its rare earths China's chief intelligence agency posted on social media a comic strip featuring foreign-looking characters secretly extracting rare earths.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
