April 9, 2021 Coal output from top 10 miners to increase by up to 6.6% in 2021 – report This represents a recovery from last year's 4.2% decline in collective output.
April 9, 2021 Rio Tinto, Turquoise Hill strike funding deal for Oyu Tolgoi The binding agreement ends a standoff between the companies over the copper-gold mine expansion.
April 8, 2021 China’s CNGR to make nickel matte in Indonesia as battery demand grows The project with Singapore-based Rigqueza International will produce 30,000 tonnes of nickel matte a year, CNGR said.
April 8, 2021 Value of top 50 mining companies surges $600 billion from covid lows Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.
April 8, 2021 Coal’s share in India’s power mix hits highest in over 2 years This year seasonal factors have limited output of renewables, including hydro electricity, which are weather dependent, helping coal's share to rebound.
April 8, 2021 Jiangxi Copper no longer pursuing Malaysia scrap project Company is not building or investing in a previously planned project to make refined copper from scrap in eastern Malaysia, chairman Zheng Gaoqing said.
April 8, 2021 US blacklists Myanmar state-owned gems enterprise The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a Myanmar state-owned gems enterprise in a bid to curtail the military junta's ability to generate revenues.
April 7, 2021 Canadian miners subject to tougher tailings standards The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has updated its tailings standards and it now meets or exceeds most global guidelines.
April 7, 2021 Teck signs zinc benchmark deals at $159/t with Glencore, Korea Zinc Zinc miners have struggled to recover from disruptions caused by covid-19, causing extreme tightness in the concentrates market.
April 6, 2021 India’s March gold imports surge 471% to a record 160 tonnes Higher imports by the world's second-biggest bullion consumer could support benchmark gold prices, which have corrected nearly 17% from an all-time high of $2,072 in August.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
