February 24, 2025

New Indonesia sovereign wealth fund to invest $20 billion in projects

Investments include more than 20 projects in nickel, bauxite and copper processing.

February 6, 2025

Glencore poaches alumina trader from Gunvor

Gunvor mostly trades oil and other energy products, but has recently forayed into metals.

January 19, 2025

South32 beats manganese output estimates as Australian operations restart

South32 has undertaken a phased restart of manganese mining activities at its GEMCO project.

January 16, 2025

Greek Metlen expands alumina output to extract critical mineral gallium

The company plans to launch gallium production in 2027 and eventually produce 50 tons a year.

January 15, 2025

Saudi Arabia to scale up lithium expansion as it diversifies from oil

State oil giant Aramco and Saudi mining company Ma’aden have joined forces to explore and produce energy transition minerals.

January 2, 2025

Chinese firm to build Guinea’s biggest alumina processing plant

The refinery will have the capacity to produce 1.2 million tons of alumina per year by the end of 2027.

December 24, 2024

CHARTS: The coming critical minerals trade war is BRICS short of a load

"While a large number of countries around the world continue to talk about securing raw material supply, China is actually doing something about it."

December 20, 2024

South32 secures approval for Worsley Alumina mine extension

Worsley began operations around 40 years ago and is one of the world's biggest alumina refineries.

December 13, 2024

Rio Tinto assesses potential for gallium production at Quebec operations

Gallium is on the export ban list to the United States that China’s Ministry of Commerce announced last week.

November 29, 2024

Next phase of development underway for world’s largest solar thermal project – MA’ADEN I

1.5 billion project to slash carbon emissions by 600,000 tons/year for Saudi Arabia's biggest mining company.