July 23, 2024 Nippon Steel to dissolve JV with China’s Baoshan after 20 years The joint venture was producing and selling cold-rolled steel sheets and hot-dip galvanized steel sheets for automotive use in China.
July 21, 2024 South32 tumbles after $818 million alumina, nickel writedown Copper production for the three months to June 30 also fell 14% from the year before.
July 15, 2024 US approaches Indonesia for multinational critical mineral partnership Jakarta has asked Washington for a critical mineral trade deal similar to the US deal with Japan.
July 10, 2024 Indonesia considers reopening bauxite exports Indonesia banned exports of bauxite in mid 2023 to encourage domestic processing of the minerals.
July 3, 2024 Rio Tinto to build two solar farms on Australia’s Gove Peninsula The two sites will have combined capacity of 10.5MW.
July 2, 2024 Column: Rising Chinese aluminum output pressures alumina supply The country increased production by 5% year-on-year to 3.65 million metric tons in May, according to the latest estimate.
June 18, 2024 Italy moves to boost procurement, reuse of critical raw materials Italy estimates it can domestically source 16 of the 34 raw materials considered critical by the European Union.
June 9, 2024 China, Pakistan agree to strengthen mining cooperation Pakistani Prime Minister visited Beijing in a bid to upgrade cooperation under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a key part of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative.
June 5, 2024 Rusal in talks to mine bauxite in Sierra Leone Rusal already has operations in neighboring Guinea.
April 9, 2024 Vietnam to invest $7.3bn to boost alumina, aluminum production The investment will go to two bauxite exploration projects and five refining projects in the Central Highlands province.
GRAPHIC-Gold and silver soar in year-end rally Investors have not treated the festive break as an occasion to take profits. December 22, 2025 | 12:08 pm
