March 18, 2024 South Africa optimistic for tax breaks to kick-start EV industry South Africa has abundant supplies of raw materials vital for the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries.
March 18, 2024 UN deep-sea mining body considering expelling Greenpeace The Metals Company took legal action against activists who disrupted a research expedition when they boarded its vessel in the remote Pacific.
March 18, 2024 Indonesia says Vale to build another $2bn HPAL plant PT Vale Indonesia is exploring a potential investment in a high-pressure acid leaching plant in Sulawesi island.
March 17, 2024 BHP stands down 25% of nickel project workforce BHP has stood down around a quarter of the workers constructing its West Musgrave nickel and copper project in Western Australia.
March 17, 2024 Industry executives expect the world to reach net zero by 2060 – report The 2050 deadline seems too close for 600 executives in mining, oil and gas, utilities, chemicals and agribusinesses, according to Bain & Company.
March 15, 2024 Poor forecasting triggers big writedowns for miners while some get lucky, study shows The research appears appropriate at a time when nickel and lithium prices have crashed from 2022 highs as gold has set new records.
March 14, 2024 China to invest in Canadian mining despite crackdown, envoy says Ambassador Cong Peiwu said the Canadian government is “wrong” to prevent Chinese investors from buying majority stakes in domestic mining companies, like it did in 2022.
March 13, 2024 US bill supporting seafloor mining lifts The Metals Company The Responsible Use of Seafloor Resources Act was introduced on Tuesday.
March 13, 2024 Amid nickel glut, Indonesia’s next president vows to keep ‘downstreaming’ policy The policy drew investments of billions of dollars from smelting firms, most of them Chinese, and boosted Indonesia's exports.
March 13, 2024 Wyloo says industry will turn from LME without green nickel The LME said that low carbon nickel could already be traded on its partner MetalsHub's system.
Iron ore logs annual gain in a dramatic recovery fuelled by steel exports Prices of the key steelmaking ingredient had come under pressure earlier this year on expectations of a supply glut and forecasts of faltering demand in China. December 31, 2025 | 09:27 am
