Xi’s green drive heralds speedy end to aluminum’s era of plenty
China’s climate policy is poised to do what years of international pressure couldn’t -- halt the growth of the world’s biggest aluminum industry.
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Friedland-backed HPX to fast-track Guinea iron ore project
High Power Exploration (HPX) raised $200 million for its proposed Nimba iron ore mine in southeastern Guinea.
Namibia’s marine diamond miner’s production hit by covid-19, drops 13% in 2020
Debmarine Namibia, a subsidiary of Anglo American’s diamond unit De Beers, on Monday reported a 13% drop in production to 1.125 million […]
This is how China plans to be greener by 2025
The country plans to reduce carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 18% through 2025.
Ganfeng joins China Minmetals lithium salt lake project for $225m
The move will give Ganfeng, one of the world's top producers of lithium chemicals used in EV batteries, its first salt lake asset in China.
Platts to launch ‘green’ aluminum prices in April
The London Metal Exchange, the world's biggest industrial metals market, has rejected calls to create a separate contract for low-carbon aluminum and instead plans to create a digital register this year.
Codelco expects $2.8 billion profit this year
Last year's profit at the state-run company was about $2.1 billion, before taxes and extraordinary items.
China Jan-Feb rare earth exports up nearly 30% y/y
Exports from China totalled 7,068 tonnes in January and February combined.
IGF proposes policy actions to support women in mining
The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development says most mining laws and regulations don’t acknowledge women as active participants in the sector.