January 17, 2024 Foreign-backed nickel hub in Indonesia causing mass deforestation – report Climate Rights International says the Weda Bay Industrial Park operators have cut down more than 5,300 hectares of tropical forest.
January 17, 2024 Serbia wants talks with Rio Tinto over Jadar lithium project Belgrade revoked licences for Rio's $2.4 billion Jadar lithium project in Western Serbia in January 2022.
January 17, 2024 Iron ore futures retreat amid weak China data The benchmark February iron ore on the Singapore Exchange slid 2.6% to $125.95 a metric ton.
January 17, 2024 Lithium venture in Chile in talks with EV firms to invest in mine project A joint venture valued at $1.5 billion to $2 billion that wants to become Chile’s third lithium producer is in talks with investors to bankroll its project.
January 17, 2024 Original features of Vale’s tailings dam may have been responsible for failure – study Certain features of the tailings dam at Vale’s Corrego do Feijao iron ore mine in Brumadinho may have been the cause of the accident that killed 270 people.
January 16, 2024 First Quantum offers voluntary retirement to over 1,500 Panama mine staff The company plans to reduce its Panama workforce to below 1,000 workers from about 1,400 workers.
January 16, 2024 China cobalt buyers use global glut to challenge pricing A rapid expansion of cobalt mining in Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia has output racing ahead of demand.
January 16, 2024 As price parity beckons, substitution from palladium to platinum to wane The rate at which platinum is displacing palladium in the manufacture of autocatalysts is slowing due to the sister metals approaching price parity.
January 16, 2024 Australia sends biggest copper concentrate shipment to China since 2020 The exports raise hopes that China may be removing the ban imposed after Australian calls for an inquiry into the origin of covid-19.
January 16, 2024 Indonesia says ‘strong indication’ of safety procedure violation in nickel fire Fire at nickel smelter on Sulawesi island killed 21 workers.
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
