February 8, 2024

Pressure groups sue LME for allowing trade of ‘polluting’ Indonesian metal

Activists allege that the LME allowed sales on its platform of copper produced at the Grasberg mine, which they claim is polluting local rivers.

February 8, 2024

Indonesia’s metals giant Mind ID seeks bids for $2 billion loan

The state-owned mineral-resources holding company plans to use the proceeds partly to repay existing debt.

February 7, 2024

India’s Ola Electric considers bid for lithium mining rights

Lithium is important for the e-scooter maker, as it plans to locally produce lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles.

February 7, 2024

Some Russian banks may have swapped gold for dollars, report says

Russia has faced a shortage of dollars and euros as it’s increasingly shut out of the western financial system.

February 7, 2024

Tsingshan’s 2023 nickel output jumps to record high

Tsingshan Group's nickel output rose 27% in 2023 to a record 1.12 million metric tons nickel unit.

February 7, 2024

At least six killed, dozens missing in a southern Philippines landslide

The landslide happened on Tuesday night outside a gold mining site in the town of Maco.

February 7, 2024

Vedanta weighs sale of minority stake in Zambian copper assets

The company is talking to a range of financing partners to raise money for a restart of its Konkola Copper Mines unit.

February 7, 2024

Scientists develop solution to avoid gold particle corrosion

Gold is generally resilient but if it’s in the form of tiny particles, it suffers negatively from heat, pressure, corrosion, oxidation and other conditions.

February 6, 2024

Freeport to handle Asian sales from Indonesia

Indonesia is home to the flagship Grasberg copper-gold mine operated by Freeport, as well as the Manyar smelter.

February 5, 2024

Nickel price extends slump on Indonesian glut as metals hit by Fed

Prices of nickel on the London Metal Exchange have almost halved over the past year.