April 10, 2023 Indonesia to propose limited free trade deal with US on critical minerals The Southeast Asian country has been trying to leverage its nickel reserves to attract investment from battery and EV makers.
April 10, 2023 Sumitomo Metal Mining to produce lithium from 2028 The Japanese company will also enter discussions with a major overseas resource developer, the newspaper reported.
April 5, 2023 Saudi quest to become a nuclear player is coming up short Saudi Arabia has spent more than $37 million since 2017 searching for deposits but only managed to identify reserves that would be “severely uneconomic” to mine.
April 4, 2023 Harita Nickel sets IPO price at $670 million The pricing was set at the higher end of the initial indicative offering range.
April 4, 2023 Companies can vie to mine the deep sea starting in July The Metals Company expect to file an application in H2 2023 and to receive a mining license in 2024.
April 3, 2023 FPX Nickel and Japan agree to explore globe for ‘disruptive’ awaruite JOGMEC is to cover as much as $483,000 annually for two years in the search for deposits of the nickel-iron alloy at the Klow project in British Columbia.
April 3, 2023 Copper price back below $9,000 on weak China industrial activity Metal price was also impacted by the rise in oil prices and fears about inflation and higher interest rates in the US.
April 3, 2023 Sumitomo Metal plans 11% cut in full-year copper output The decline comes as it plans to conduct two-month maintenance at its Toyo Smelter & Refinery in Ehime, western Japan.
April 3, 2023 Mitsui Mining expects H1 zinc output falling 4.7% y/y Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co Ltd plans to produce 107,000 tonnes of refined zinc in the first half of the 2023/24 financial year.
April 2, 2023 OPEC+ makes shock million-barrel cut in new inflation risk The new reduction is significant for a market where — despite the recent price fluctuations — supply was looking tight for the latter part of the year.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland rare earth supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the U.S. and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
