March 16, 2021

Seven coal miners killed in Pakistan in second incident in one week

In the past year, 102 coal miners have been killed in Balochistan in 72 different incidents.

March 16, 2021

Silkroad to supply 2.7m tonnes nickel ore to Tsingshan

Tsingshan uses nickel ore to make stainless steel raw material nickel pig iron (NPI) in Indonesia.

March 16, 2021

What countries will fight over when green energy dominates

A growing number of research organizations, universities and governments have started gaming out the gritty geopolitical implications of a globe dominated by green energy.

March 15, 2021

Mick Davis launches $300 million battery metals SPAC

Vision Blue has also invested in Ferro-Alloy Resources, which is developing a vanadium project in Kazakhstan.

March 15, 2021

The king of nickel is betting big on a green future in batteries

Tsingshan made numerous bold moves on its path to becoming the world’s largest nickel producer, but its new plan to supply carmakers with cheap, clean metal could be its biggest…

March 15, 2021

Billionaire commodities dealmaker squeezed by rising rates

Anil Agarwal supercharged his rise from scrap metals trader to billionaire commodities magnate by embracing bold acquisitions and lots of debt.

March 12, 2021

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

BHP moves exploration team to Toronto to grow copper, nickel pipeline; Tesla gets involved in New Caledonia mine to secure nickel supply; Newmont to buy GT Gold for $311 million;…

March 12, 2021

Six coal miners killed in blast in Pakistan’s southwest

They were among eight miners trapped about 1,000 feet underground when accumulating methane gas exploded at the coal field in Marwar.

March 10, 2021

Global mining cross border M&A deals worth $7.7bn in Q4 – report

The value marked an increase of 593.7% over the previous quarter.

March 9, 2021

Gradual recovery of aerospace sector to aid titanium market – report

Roskill predicts a medium-term recovery of the titanium market aided by fleet renewal.