March 27, 2024 Singapore warehouses are filling up with surplus lead and zinc A record delivery of lead into LME warehouses in Singapore has underscored the city state’s emergence as a dumping ground for surplus industrial metals.
March 27, 2024 Indonesian miner Amman asks for copper export ban delay The production will be supported by high-grade ore from Phase 7 at its Batu Hijau mine.
March 26, 2024 Tsingshan unit plans Indonesian battery plant as trade frictions mount The plant will be housed alongside Tsingshan’s existing operations in Weda Bay and could begin operating as soon as next year.
March 26, 2024 Iron ore hit by fresh selling as traders fret over China demand The absence of strong policy signals from Beijing has fueled uncertainty on whether construction activity will pick up.
March 25, 2024 Indonesia’s Antam to start building new nickel smelter, HPAL plant in 2025 The projects are part of Antam's deal with China's Ningbo Contemporary Brunp Lygend to develop an "ecosystem" to produce EV raw materials.
March 24, 2024 Billionaire among prominent Indians flocking to Modi’s party ahead of vote Naveen Jindal, head of Jindal Steel and Power, joined Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.
March 22, 2024 Nickel: contrarian opportunity or portfolio suicide? Surging output from Indonesia’s nickel laterite mines has flooded the market with new supply.
March 22, 2024 UAE conglomerate seeks to gatecrash China’s JCHX Zambian copper deal Abu Dhabi's most valuable company is now interested in acquiring Zambia's Lubambe copper mine.
March 22, 2024 Indian government rejects Hindustan Zinc’s plan to split company The company had planned to create separate entities for its zinc, lead, silver and recycling businesses.
Australia’s VHM scraps offtake deal with Shenghe Resources The Goschen project is VHM's flagship development, focused on extracting critical minerals such as rare earth elements and titanium. January 11, 2026 | 04:08 pm
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