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.

April 2, 2023

Barrick Gold replaces gold reserves, remains on track to execute 10-year business plan

Barrick Gold’s executive chairman John Thornton said the company more than replaced the gold reserves it mined in 2022.

March 31, 2023

Column: Tin’s bull flames doused by weak electronic goods demand

Tin may not stay off the radar for too long.

March 31, 2023

Barrick Gold, PNG ink new deal to restart Porgera mine

Through the New Porgera Progress Agreement all parties have committed to resume operations as soon as possible.

March 30, 2023

Merdeka Battery plans to build two nickel HPAL plants

Merdeka Battery will be the second nickel company to launch an IPO in Indonesia this year.

March 30, 2023

Ford in $4.5 billion deal for EV battery materials plant

Automaker has joined PT Vale Indonesia and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt as their new partner in a nickel processing plant in Indonesia.

March 30, 2023

Scientists figure out how to improve lithium metal batteries’ durability

Korean researchers developed a new anode material that they believe can accelerate the commercialization of durable and lightweight lithium metal batteries.

March 28, 2023

Nickel revolution has Indonesia chasing battery riches tinged with risk

The new HPAL projects, and the surge of inexpensive metal from a country whose deposits have long been unloved by major producers, could push the market into oversupply.