June 3, 2024 China to build $1.5 billion copper smelter in Kazakhstan Copper smelter is projected to have an annual production capacity of 300,000 tonnes.
June 3, 2024 Freeport Indonesia raises output target, awaits new export permit Indonesia banned shipments of all raw minerals from June 2023, but Freeport was given a year-long dispensation.
June 2, 2024 Nippon Steel’s Mori returns to US this week for talks on US Steel takeover The deal would give Nippon Steel greater access to the profitable U.S. market and further its long-term financial goals.
May 31, 2024 India’s Altmin in talks with Australia for lithium supplies Altmin, India's only cathode active materials producer, currently sources lithium carbonate from Brazil and Bolivia.
May 31, 2024 High-capacity iron-based cathodes for EV batteries are now a reality Researchers at Canada’s McGill University unlocked the potential to produce batteries using more sustainable and less costly materials.
May 31, 2024 Indonesia to issue copper export permits for Freeport, Amman Indonesia banned shipments of all raw minerals from June 2023, but Freeport and Amman were given a year-long dispensation to export their copper concentrate.
May 30, 2024 India’s Jindal to join Venezuelan state oil venture The news comes just months after securing a contract to run the South American country’s largest iron-ore complex.
May 30, 2024 Column: LME brand approval cements Indonesian nickel ascendancy For Indonesia it's a vindication of its policy of forcing miners to move downstream by banning ore exports from 2020.
May 30, 2024 US Steel, Nippon Steel receive all non-US approvals for merger The companies expect the merger to be completed in the second half of the year.
May 29, 2024 Mongolia defends plan to tap mining riches for new sovereign wealth fund Mining represented 28% of Mongolia’s GDP last year and comprised 92% of all exports.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
