March 17, 2021 London Metal Exchange’s Japan head leaves bourse Xu Xiao was based at the LME's Singapore office and had also served as vice president, corporate sales for Asia since September 2016 before leaving at the end of February.
March 16, 2021 Kazatomprom reports 3.6% rise in 2020 net income The company reported production of 19,477 of uranium ore concentrate in 2020, down 15% compared to 22,808 in 2019.
March 16, 2021 Aluminum price hits 9-year high on Chinese supply concerns The Chinese city of Baotou in Inner Mongolia ordered some shutdowns in a bid to meet its energy consumption targets for the first quarter.
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;…
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am
