March 16, 2023 EU tags copper and nickel as strategic, but industry wants more The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) unveiled by the EU adds the two major industrial metals to a list that had previously focused on more niche minerals.
March 15, 2023 Canada Nickel reports high nickel recoveries at Reid project Canada Nickel also announced it has closed its acquisition of the past-producing Texmont property.
March 15, 2023 Moody’s upgrades global metals & mining outlook to stable The investors service maintained its 12-month price assumptions and medium-term sensitivity ranges for all commodities except coal.
March 15, 2023 Philippine miners not keen on Indonesia nickel alliance plan Indonesia’s nickel plan is part of President Joko Widodo’s goal of adding more value domestically and becoming a key part of the battery supply chain.
March 15, 2023 Vale weighs IPO of metals unit after sale of 10% stake The company has approached Mark Cutifani about becoming chair of the base metals business
March 15, 2023 Indonesia nickel miner plans up to $647 million IPO PT Trimegah Bangun Persada IPO would be Southeast Asia's biggest IPO so far this year.
March 14, 2023 China to step up deep sea mining efforts Chinese state shipbuilding company says mining the seabed will help the country reduce “heavy reliance on foreign suppliers” of critical minerals.
March 14, 2023 Japan, Canada in talks over collaboration in battery metals supply chain Batteries are key for Japan as it strives for carbon neutrality by 2050.
March 14, 2023 Harita Nickel to soon kick off $650 million Indonesian IPO The nickel industry sits at the heart of President Joko Widodo’s vision of developing an electric-vehicle supply chain onshore.
March 13, 2023 Trafigura’s head of metals operations to leave in restructuring Svetlana Kabanova, who ran operations for Trafigura’s metals trading unit, is leaving the company.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
