September 20, 2022

Philippines’ new nickel miner completes maiden ore shipment to China

Ipilan's inaugural shipment from its mine in the western Philippine province of Palawan was sold to Guangdong Century Tsingshan Nickel Industry.

September 19, 2022

JPMorgan reduces credit to China’s Tsingshan and metal clients globally

LME brokers were approached by Tsingshan for credit.

September 19, 2022

Investing abroad could be the solution to America’s clean energy future

Investing in mineral-rich countries would be easier than building new mines in the US, said Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Executive Editor Henry Sanderson in an interview.

September 18, 2022

Tycoon running a quarter of China’s copper trade is on the ropes

Maike Metals is suffering a liquidity crisis, and He Jinbi's empire is under threat.

September 17, 2022

Nornickel plans to raise employees’ stake in mining giant, says top shareholder

Nornickel plans to increase the equity holdings of employees and other individuals to collectively comprise 25% of the company, up from 10% now.

September 16, 2022

LME faces suit from funds including AQR over nickel crisis

The LME is already facing lawsuits from Jane Street and Paul Singer’s Elliott Investment Management over its handling of the March nickel crisis.

September 15, 2022

Column: Can Europe save its industrial metals production sector?

The European Commission's focus on future-looking metals seems to have blind-sided it to the older metals that are also required to decarbonize, writes Andy Home.

September 15, 2022

Shallow-water mining in direct conflict with sustainability goals – study

Finnish researchers say that mineral mining alters habitats and causes local biodiversity loss in shallow-water species communities.

September 15, 2022

Tertiary Minerals, FQM team up to boost copper exploration in Zambia

The miners will work together to advance Tertiary’s Mukai and Mushima North project, in the country's north-west.

September 14, 2022

South Korea, US will step up efforts to resolve electric vehicle spat

The two sides will begin talks Friday as part of an engagement channel agreed earlier this month in Washington.