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.

May 29, 2024

Indonesia buying record amounts of Philippine nickel ore due to quota delays

Delays by Jakarta in issuing mining quotas and heavy rains have hurt local supply.

May 29, 2024

India imports more silver in 4 months than in all of 2023

India imported a record 4,172 metric tons of silver during January to April.