September 4, 2023 Iran slows uranium production after secret diplomacy Iran’s stockpile of highly-enriched uranium grew just 7% in the last three months compared with a 30% increase in the previous quarter.
September 3, 2023 Diamond prices are in free fall in one key corner of the market An increasing number of Americans are choosing engagement rings made from lab-grown stones.
September 3, 2023 Saudi’s SABIC to sell steel unit Hadeed to PIF for $3.3bn The proceeds from the sale of Hadeed will be used to support SABIC's growth in the chemicals industry
August 31, 2023 Vedanta lobbied to weaken environmental regulations during pandemic – report Vedanta's oil business, Cairn India, also successfully lobbied to have public hearings scrapped, an OCCRP report says.
August 31, 2023 Taliban says it signed mining deals worth over $6.5 billion According to AP, the contracts are with locally based companies, many of whom have foreign partners in countries including China, Iran, and Turkey.
August 31, 2023 Top Middle East aluminum maker sees prices rising with demand Emirates Global Aluminium expects its full-year sales volume to be in line with 2022 even as prices have declined over the last 12 months.
August 31, 2023 Coal miners forced to save for a rainy day by insurance snub Some coal producers are having to set aside tens of millions of dollars to cover their own risks as they are cut adrift by insurers.
August 30, 2023 Lithium revival a dead cat bounce as prices slump to 20-month low Sales-weighted worldwide prices for lithium the lowest since December 2021 as weakness in China is exported elsewhere.
August 30, 2023 Hyundai to invest $400 million for stake in Korea Zinc Hyundai plans to buy 50% of nickel it needs for EV batteries through the partnership by 2031 to comply with President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.
August 30, 2023 India confirms sulfur and detects several other elements near the moon’s lunar south pole India's lunar rover also detected aluminum, iron, calcium, chromium, titanium, manganese, oxygen and silicon on the lunar surface.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
