March 12, 2024

Column: Tin supply trapped in resource nationalism squeeze

The question is how long it will be before normal supply service is resumed in both Myanmar and Indonesia.

March 12, 2024

Barrick CEO Bristow drives another U-turn in a remote land

The second-biggest gold miner this month poured its first gold in Papua New Guinea in nearly four years.

March 11, 2024

Indonesia understates methane emissions from mining, report says

The world’s third-biggest coal miner after China and India undercounts methane emissions from production of the fuel by six to seven times, according to Ember.

March 11, 2024

Iron ore price tumbles on persistently weak fundamentals in China

Property market in China, the largest steel consumer, has been hit hard by a debt crisis.

March 10, 2024

Dubai’s gold shops take a hit as record prices deter buyers

The ever-higher prices reached by gold are turning Dubai’s traditional bazaar into more of a window-shopping experience.

March 8, 2024

Column: Booming CME contract a sign of aluminum’s Atlantic drift

Activity on the CME's aluminum contract has shifted up several gears in recent months.

March 8, 2024

Column: Nickel rout is energy-transition warning for West

Western governments could mimic Indonesia by granting tax holidays to critical minerals operations.

March 8, 2024

AI can potentially estimate global environmental destruction due to road development for mining

Australia-based researchers trained three machine-learning models to automatically map road features in rural, generally remote and often forested areas.

March 7, 2024

Zinc price rallies as traders unwind bearish bets on better outlook

Support has also come from a report this week that South Korea’s Young Poong Corp. cut production at its Seokpo smelter.

March 7, 2024

Australia and Vietnam upgrade relations, to begin talks on critical minerals

The ties upgrade marks the latest success for Communist-ruled Vietnam's "bamboo diplomacy".