September 4, 2022 Bahrain to restructure board of wealth fund Mumtalakat, BNA reports One of Mumtalakat Holding's assets is Aluminium Bahrain, the world's largest aluminium smelter outside of China.
September 2, 2022 South Korea sees ‘betrayal’ in Biden’s electric vehicle push South Korean Trade Minister Lee Chang-yang will visit the US this month to lobby against the new measures.
September 1, 2022 The next big battery material squeeze is old batteries It could take 15 years or more for old batteries to eventually arrive at recycling plants.
September 1, 2022 Column: Surging copper demand will complicate the clean energy boom Copper demand will increase by more than 50% between now and 2040, according to BloombergNEF.
September 1, 2022 Indika turns to gold, electric bikes in shift away from coal Indika has spent $300 million to expand non-coal businesses.
September 1, 2022 Rio Tinto to pay $3.3 billion for full Turquoise Hill ownership The agreement, subject to shareholders' vote, would make Rio direct owner of the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia.
August 31, 2022 Mongolian government pays $153m to settle dispute over Erdenet and Monros mines Erdenet is one of Asia’s biggest copper and molybdenum mines.
August 31, 2022 Toyota to invest $5.3 billion in Japan, US for EV battery supply When the additional facilities come on line between 2024 and 2026, Toyota's battery production capacity in the two countries will have increased by 40 gigawatt-hours.
August 31, 2022 Japan calls for $24 billion investment to boost battery competitiveness A specialist panel tasked with formulating battery strategy also set a target of securing 30,000 trained workers for battery manufacturing and supply chains by 2030.
August 30, 2022 India coal baron becomes world’s third richest trailing only Musk, Bezos The Indian businessman, a college dropout who first tried his luck as a diamond trader before turning to coal, has become the world’s third-richest person.
Polish central bank approves plan to buy 150 tons of gold “This will place Poland among the elite 10 countries with the largest gold reserves in the world,” the central bank said. January 20, 2026 | 10:33 am
