January 18, 2024 Saudi Arabia flags commodity trading ambitions with DME stake The owner of Saudi Arabia’s stock market has acquired a 32.6% stake in the Dubai Mercantile Exchange.
January 17, 2024 Foreign-backed nickel hub in Indonesia causing mass deforestation – report Climate Rights International says the Weda Bay Industrial Park operators have cut down more than 5,300 hectares of tropical forest.
January 17, 2024 BHP flags possible writedowns at nickel unit on low prices Production from Western Australia on a 100% basis was 72.7 million tonnes.
January 17, 2024 Sumitomo participates in FPX Nickel financing to gain 9.9% stake FPX owns 100% of the Baptiste nickel project in the Decar nickel district of British Columbia.
January 16, 2024 Indonesia says ‘strong indication’ of safety procedure violation in nickel fire Fire at nickel smelter on Sulawesi island killed 21 workers.
January 15, 2024 Lundin Mining sees record copper production in 2023 Its 2023 output was at the guidance midpoint or above for all metals produced.
January 15, 2024 First Quantum to halt Ravensthorpe nickel mine The miner will sell nickel from the stockpiles for the next 18 months to two years, but would have to cut 30% of the workforce.
January 12, 2024 Samsung SDI invests in Canada Nickel, has right to buy 10% of Crawford project The South Korean battery maker can acquire a 10% equity interest in the Crawford project for $100.5 million.
January 11, 2024 Higher investment risk appetite boosts activity at LME by 11% in 2023 Lead got a boost from index trading after it was included in the Bloomberg Commodity Index for the first time last year.
January 11, 2024 Vale’s $10 billion spend on Canada targets existing potential Vale Base Metals chairman Mark Cutifani is undertaking a unit-wide asset review.
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