March 24, 2021 Indian police charge 71 anti-Vedanta protesters over 2018 violence Police opened fire to beat back the protesters in the southern seaside town of Thoothukudi where 13 people were killed, causing national outrage and the subsequent closure of the Sterlite…
March 24, 2021 Freeport, Tsingshan finalising $2.8bn copper smelter next week The smelter will have an input capacity of 2.4 million tonnes of copper concentrate and an output capacity of 600,000 tonnes.
March 24, 2021 Global zinc market surplus shrank in January – ILZSG The global zinc market was oversupplied by 11,700 tonnes in January after a revised surplus of 23,500 tonnes in December.
March 24, 2021 Mitsui & Co. boosts stake in Collahuasi copper mine Deal leaves the Japanese trading house with a 12% interest in the open-pit operation, the world's second largest copper mine.
March 23, 2021 Russell: Australia’s rain will become India’s pain as coal flows halt Heavy rains and the worst floods in 50 years have shut the world’s largest coal-export harbour.
March 23, 2021 Booming demand and shipping costs feed aluminum rally Soaring shipping costs, booming demand and tight supplies of primary and scrap aluminium are likely to fuel further price rises for the metal.
March 23, 2021 Singapore probes nickel trading fraud, Envy Global director charged Ng Yu Zhi, a director of Envy Global Trading Pte Ltd and Envy Asset Management Pte Ltd, was charged with two counts of cheating and two of fraudulent trading.
March 23, 2021 Indonesia eases mining export rules, nickel excluded Indonesia will now grant miners export permit for unrefined mineral ores, even if construction of their refining facilities is delayed.
March 22, 2021 China’s Jan-Feb copper, tin ore imports from Myanmar fall amid unrest China’s imports of copper metal and tin ore from Myanmar both fell more than 25% year-on-year in the first two months of 2021.
Super Copper’s Cordillera project approved by Chile’s National Mining Authority The concessions cover approximately 6,858 hectares in the Atacama copper belt. December 24, 2025 | 11:24 am