September 24, 2024 Indonesia launches $941 million smelter-grade alumina refinery The production capacity of the refinery is 1 million metric tons of alumina per year.
September 24, 2024 Rio Tinto offers early termination to Diavik employees to save costs The diamond mine is slated to close in the first quarter of 2026.
September 24, 2024 Denison deal shows slumping battery metals benefiting uranium sector The deal and how Foremost is dropping lithium from its name show how poor prices for the light metal have quashed near-term development projects.
September 24, 2024 Australia clears coal mine expansions in hit to green goals The government has approved an extension of Whitehaven's Narrabri, MACH Energy Australia’s Mount Pleasant and Ashton’s Ravensworth coal mines.
September 24, 2024 Firebird fully permitted to operate manganese plant in China Firebird previously indicated that it would make a final investment decision in the second half of 2024.
September 24, 2024 Washington mulls $456 million loan for American Rare Earths Wyoming project The project is ranked as one of the world’s top 10 rare earth projects measured in total rare earth oxides.
September 24, 2024 Congo’s South Kivu governor clears miners to resume operations All mining activities in the restive region were suspended in July.
September 24, 2024 Summit Minerals grows Brazil niobium project with strategic buy Newly acquired tenement sits directly east and north of its Equador niobium and tantalum project in Brazil.
September 24, 2024 ArcelorMittal halts steel plant expansion in Brazil Increasing steel imports, especially from China, are affecting local demand says ArcelorMittal.
September 24, 2024 Petra Diamonds adjusts strategy amid 2024 market challenges The diamond miner dealt with headwinds in fiscal year 2024 with strategic cost reductions and operational adjustments.
Rio Tinto-Glencore merger may need asset sales to win over China China's antitrust regulator is likely to be concerned about a combined entity's concentration in copper production, analysts said. January 16, 2026 | 07:45 am
