December 12, 2023

Vale mulls briquette plants in Gulf of Mexico, Middle East

The company opened a new plant in Espirito Santo state, Brazil, with production capacity of 2 million metric tons per year.

December 8, 2023

Xanadu delivers substantial resource upgrade for Kharmagtai ahead of PFS

Kharmagtai now boasts 790 million tonnes of indicated material containing 2.1 million tonnes of copper and 5.6 million ounces of gold.

December 8, 2023

ArcelorMittal sells Kazakh assets for $286 million

The Kazakhstan government's involvement in the deal ensured a lower price for the assets.

December 8, 2023

New Abaxx exchange to launch nickel sulphate futures in Q1 2024

A new Singapore-based commodities exchange plans to launch trading in the next few months.

December 7, 2023

There’s a way to quit coal without wrecking jobs and communities

Coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, still generates about a third of the world’s electricity.

December 6, 2023

Tycoon Agarwal’s India zinc arm to pay $305 million in dividends

Hindustan Zinc has been doling out dividends despite a tight net cash position.

December 6, 2023

State auditors recommend Freeport Indonesia be fined for smelter delays

In a December 2018 deal, Freeport and Jakarta agreed that the miner would complete the smelter within five years.

December 5, 2023

Young Chinese spurn traditional investments in favour of gold

The trend underscores heightening uncertainty about growth prospects in the world's second-largest economy.

December 5, 2023

Ford takes stake in Indonesia nickel project

The automaker joins PT Vale Indonesia and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt as investors in a project to make an annual 120,000 tons of nickel chemicals for EV batteries.

December 4, 2023

Column: Iron ore benchmarks diverge as China tries to cool prices

The only potential obstacle to higher prices is the possibility of stronger interventions by Beijing.