February 1, 2023 Column: Analysts wary of base metals after China recovery rally Analysts are cautious that China's recovery may not live up to bullish expectations and that prices have got ahead of themselves.
January 31, 2023 Indonesia reviewing possible impacts of plan to limit tin exports The resource-rich country is set to ban exports of all unprocessed metal ore in June 2023 to develop processing facilities at home.
January 25, 2023 Column: Tin on the rebound as China scoops up surplus metal Tin's rollercoaster ride spins into the new year, promising more thrills and spills after a tumultuous performance in 2022.
January 9, 2023 Top 50 mining companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and mining markets reached new levels of turbulence, as the pandemic played out in China and the Ukraine war upended global…
December 22, 2022 Prices will fall across metals and mining in 2023 – Woodmac Commodity research firm says production growth, weaker demand and negative sentiment in the industry will see iron ore, copper and industrial metals sink next year.
December 6, 2022 Column: Tin must tame its wildness to meet coming demand surge The faster the world moves towards the internet-of-things, the more tin will be needed to glue the expanding metaverse together.
November 30, 2022 Eloro’s Iska Iska silver-tin drilling in Bolivia points to likely resource growth The company has completed 84,495 metres of diamond drilling across 122 drill holes since the program began in September 2020.
November 28, 2022 Indonesian tin groups ask govt to consider impose export restrictions gradually The policy is similar to what the country has implemented for developing a downstream processing industry for nickel ore.
November 4, 2022 Buying conflict-free tin and coltan out of Congo just got harder The Responsible Minerals Initiative said this week that its auditing process won’t recognize the findings of the International Tin Supply Chain Initiative without companies doing extra due diligence on the…
October 31, 2022 Responsible Minerals Initiative cuts ITSCI from approved traceability list ITSCI is a private sector scheme monitoring tin, tantalum and tungsten mines in Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi for human rights abuses.
South32 to mothball Mozambique smelter in March as power talks collapse The Mozal smelter accounts for just over 29% of company's total aluminum production in fiscal 2025. December 16, 2025 | 07:05 am
