August 15, 2024 Exxaro closes in on critical metals deal The company is close to securing a deal to buy manganese or copper assets and could announce an acquisition this year.
August 14, 2024 Kazakhstan weighs commodity export duties to narrow budget gap Taxes on sulfur, coal and ferroalloys, along with ores and concentrates of copper and iron, are among those that are expected to yield the most revenue.
August 7, 2024 China’s 2024 coal imports to reach new record high, industry group says The robust imports are despite lukewarm overall demand for coal.
August 7, 2024 Glencore scraps plans to ditch coal on investor pressure Over 95% of Glencore shareholders were in favour of keeping the coal unit to help fund growth in metals and support returns.
August 6, 2024 India shelves plan for coking coal import consortium India imports about 85% of its annual coking coal consumption.
August 5, 2024 Deutsche Bank sells down coal mine loan to private credit funds The German lender in recent weeks sold about $120 million — half of its exposure — to Australian and Asian credit funds.
August 3, 2024 Australia’s QCoal says worker dies at coking coal mine The company runs the Byerwen mine in the Bowen Basin.
August 2, 2024 Vitol extends deal spree with purchase of fallen rival Noble Vitol Group has agreed to buy the last remaining piece of fallen Asian commodity trader Noble.
July 31, 2024 London lags in mining listings as rivals surge The market capitalization of LSE-listed mining stocks has shrunk to $272bn from $322bn in 2018.
July 30, 2024 Vedanta gets secured creditors’ nod for demerger Vedanta launched the overhaul to carve up its business into six separate businesses.
South Africa’s last manganese smelter on the brink as high power costs weigh Transalloys CEO Konstantin Sadovnik says the business has been loss‑making for about three years. December 30, 2025 | 08:13 am