December 19, 2018

China’s top aluminium firms gather to address price slump – sources

The major producers will talk about what they can do to support the market, if there's a possibility to do further curtailments.

November 27, 2018

Guinea bauxite miner to build new railway in $3B deal

The 135-kilometer (84-mile) railway, which will link mining operations to a river terminal, will cost an estimated $1.2 billion and is expected to start operations in 2022.

November 26, 2018

Innord to separate rare earths from hybrid and electric vehicle recycling pilot study

Participating in this study opens the door for a potential new supply source through recycling electric motors from the transportation industry in the future.

November 12, 2018

Rio Tinto sells Kitimat wharf to LNG Canada for $576 million

LNG Canada is a joint venture of Shell, Petronas, PetroChina, Mitsubishi and Kogas.

November 10, 2018

Brazil’s Votorantim profit falls despite higher revenues

Meanwhile, Nexa Resources, a unit of Votorantim, has just approved a $392 million capital expenditure in a zinc mining project in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

November 8, 2018

Abundant aluminium stocks and low prices conceal tight market

Aluminium is a metal key for the transport and packaging industries but at current prices about 40% of the world's aluminium production is losing money.

November 8, 2018

Japan’s Sumitomo Metal cuts FY profit forecast on lower metal prices

Sumitomo Metal cut its full-year forecast, blaming lower-than-expected metal prices amid the U.S.-Sino trade spat, and reduced nickel output.

November 8, 2018

Australia state to roll out new mine rehabilitation rules

Queensland state is set to unveil proposed resource regulations that will require miners to pay into an "insurance fund" for the remediation of old mines.

November 7, 2018

China’s booming alumina exports held steady in October – Chalco president

China this year has been exporting unusually high volumes of alumina, a substance used to make aluminium.

November 6, 2018

China’s industrial heartland Shandong to overhaul energy intensive industries

As part of a new plan to overhaul energy intensive industries, Shandong province is planning to consolidate dozens of small refineries and build mega-petrochemical complexes.