Mining loans seen passing $1 billion at biggest Congo bank
Rawbank forecast its lending to DRC’s mining industry will jump more than 20% to over $1 billion this year.
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Nornickel 2022 core profit down as sales drop
Nornickel is the world's largest producer of palladium and refined nickel.
Vale Indonesia breaks ground on $2.5 billion ferronickel smelter
The Bahodopi project will produce ferronickel with 73,000-80,000 tonnes of nickel content per year, Vale said.
Discoveries related to uranium oxide may support nuclear nonproliferation
US-based researchers examined four previously understudied phases of uranium oxide.
Panama says negotiations with First Quantum making headway
The main bone of contention centres on taxes and royalties the Canadian miner should pay to the government.
Visualizing gold’s return across currencies
While gold posted a small gain in 2022 for investors in the U.S., it posted significant gains against other currencies.
Column: US tariffs on Russian aluminum risk more market fracture
Russian producers of industrial metals have largely evaded the official sanctions net since the invasion of Ukraine.
Torex Gold to spend up to $440 million on Media Luna project
The Mexican gold project was 15% complete by the end of 2022 and commercial production is anticipated in late 2024.
Usiminas results hurt by $321.3m steelmaking impairment
In 2022, Usiminas sold 8.64 million tonnes of iron ore.
