Desperate for coal, India’s metal makers hunt for fuel overseas
A coal crisis in India has forced producers of sponge iron to scour the planet for supplies to keep their mills running.
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Sibanye bides time on battery metals push as asset prices soar
CEO Neal Froneman wants to make the metals that are key to powering the EV revolution a third pillar of Sibanye’s operations.
Britain to increase tariffs on Russian platinum, palladium in new sanctions
Import tariffs on a range of products will be raised by 35 percentage points.
Indonesian president plans to meet Elon Musk over nickel
Representatives of Tesla were currently in Indonesia and due to visit the nickel production hub of Morawali on Sulawesi island.
South Korea hunts tungsten treasure in race for rare minerals
Blue tungsten winking from the walls of abandoned mine shafts could be a catalyst for South Korea's bid to break China's dominance of critical minerals.
Pure Gold to raise $23 million to ramp up mine output, cut costs at Red Lake
The PureGold mine is one of the highest grade gold producers in the world.
Harmony Gold reports four mine deaths
Workers died on Saturday in a maintenance-related accident at the Kusasalethu mine.
Imperial Metals speeds up work to reopen Mount Polley copper mine
Operations at the copper-gold mine in British Columbia are slated to restart before the end of June.
Adding basalt rock to agricultural land may lead to drastic CO2 emissions reduction – study
UK-based researchers say enhanced weathering has a removal potential of 6–30 million tons of carbon dioxide annually by 2050.
