June 25, 2021

ANIMATION: Top 20 gold producing countries – 2020

Global gold production fell by 3.8 million ounces in 2020 as covid-related disruptions in South America more than offset gains in Russia and West Africa.

June 24, 2021

Asia’s richest man to plow $10 billion into green energy

Mukesh Ambani has unveiled an ambitious push into clean energy over three years.

June 24, 2021

Baowu and Vale to invest in Indonesian nickel project

Companies will make stainless steel raw material nickel pig iron in Sulawesi.

June 24, 2021

Indonesia drawing plans to restrict nickel pig iron, ferronickel smelters

The country is currently the biggest producer of the two crude metals, and a restriction on more smelters coming online could hit Chinese stainless steel producers.

June 23, 2021

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala buys 2.6% of Russia’s En+ Group

En+ Group owns 56.9% in aluminium producer Rusal.

June 23, 2021

In the cost war, renewables are winning battles against fossil fuels — report

The International Renewable Energy Agency reports that, in some cases, new renewable power generation capacity has electricity costs lower than the cheapest source of new fossil fuel‑fired capacity.

June 22, 2021

Indonesia, home to giant gold mine, wants its own bullion bank

The government is consulting with parties including the central bank and the mining industry, with a plan to start operating a bank in 2024.

June 22, 2021

Global copper mine production up 3.7% in Q1 – report

The International Copper Study Group released preliminary data for March world copper supply and demand in its June 2021 Copper Bulletin.

June 22, 2021

Korean scientists develop cheap, high-performance anode for sodium-ion batteries

Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology created a sodium high-capacity material that can store 1.5 times more electricity than the graphite anode.

June 21, 2021

RANKED: World’s top ten biggest nickel mines

The metal plays a key role in the global transition to clean energy and demand from the EV sector alone is expected to grow by 2.6Mt to 2040.