Vedanta plans to build a new $1.4bn copper plant
Company is scouting for locations to set up a new copper smelter in India as its plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has remained shuttered for close to three years.
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Ok Tedi resumes operations after covid-19 shutdown
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China aluminum prices to remain elevated amid Inner Mongolia curbs – Chalco
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Ganfeng sees lithium rally extending as profits almost triple
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EU imposes tariffs on Chinese aluminum producers
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Greenland to hold election watched closely by global mining industry
Greenland holds an election next week that could decide the fate of vast deposits of rare earth metals.
Vale sells New Caledonia nickel assets to Trafigura
Vale said it will have a supply contract with the Trafigura-led consortium to off-take part of the nickel produced there.
New fuel from plastic waste aims to replace fossil fuels in marine industry
Clean Planet Energy plans to use non-recyclable waste plastics to produce two fuels expected to reduce CO2 emissions from the marine industry by 75%.
BMW, Volvo, Google and Samsung call for ban on deep-sea mining
They are the first global companies to have signed up a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) call for a moratorium on mining the seabed.
