June 25, 2024 Exxon, South Korea’s SK On sign non-binding deal for lithium supply The agreement has the potential to be a multi-year offtake deal of up to 100,000 metric tons.
June 25, 2024 Japan finds over 200 million tonnes of battery metals in seabed The nodules are said to contain 610,000 tonnes of cobalt (75 years of Japan’s consumption) and 740,000 tonnes of nickel (11 years).
June 24, 2024 Eramet, BASF cancel plan to invest $2.6 billion in refining complex in Indonesia Eramet said it will continue to evaluate potential investments in the nickel electric vehicle battery value chain in Indonesia.
June 24, 2024 Vedanta mulls first dollar bond sale of $500 million The bond sale could climb to $1 billion depending on the response from investors, Bloomberg sources say.
June 24, 2024 Adani, Hindalco show interest as Hindustan Copper plans to develop two mines Both mines with a combined capacity of 3 million metric tons are located in the eastern state of Jharkhand.
June 24, 2024 India to auction 21 critical mineral blocks across more than six states India has been auctioning critical mineral blocks since November as part of efforts towards a clean energy transition.
June 23, 2024 Hedge funds’ bullish copper bets run into China’s slowdown Without western investors buying, all eyes are back on China, and a copper market that several industry insiders say is still the weakest they’ve ever seen it.
June 21, 2024 OceanaGold halts operations at Didipio mine after worker death The gold mine halted operations for 24 hours after an employee died near the paste plant.
June 20, 2024 Mining M&A stokes coal race against cleaner power Many banks, insurers and investors have backpedalled from or abandoned the carbon-belching fossil fuel.
June 20, 2024 Shareholders warn Nippon Steel faces higher decarbonization costs with US Steel takeover An activist shareholder group said the potential addition of U.S. Steel's 11 blast furnaces to Nippon Steel's operations will almost certainly increase the company's cost of decarbonization.
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
