May 26, 2025

Indian steel tycoon’s pathway to Mozambique coal deal reopens

JSW’s $74 million deal to buy Minas de Revuboe ran into trouble when the administration of former President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi revoked the mining lease.

May 26, 2025

Garage meets and sleepless flights: How Nippon Steel’s negotiator stuck at US merger

A merger with US Steel would create the world's third-largest steel producer.

May 23, 2025

US Steel to remain in America, form ‘partnership’ with Nippon, Trump says

The partnership will create at least 70,000 jobs and add $14 billion to the US economy, Trump said.

May 23, 2025

Pakistan to offer US firms concessions on mining investment in tariff talks

Pakistan faces a potential 29% tariff on exports to the United States due to a $3 billion trade surplus.

May 23, 2025

COMEX copper stocks exceed LME for first time since 2022

Inventories in warehouses owned by the US COMEX exchange have surged to 174,607 metric tons.

May 23, 2025

Rio Tinto board looks for new CEO who knows mining better

Rio's operations improved under Jakob Stausholm, but investors questioned his lack of technical expertise from the start.

May 22, 2025

Freeport Indonesia says Manyar smelter resumes operations after fire

The miner said its $3.7 billion copper smelter has resumed operations earlier than anticipated.

May 22, 2025

US panel submits view on Nippon Steel-US Steel deal to Trump

Trump will now have 15 days to decide the fate of the transaction.

May 21, 2025

Critical minerals still dominated by few despite diversification efforts: IEA

The average market share of the top three refined material suppliers rose from 82% to 86% between 2020 and 2024, says IEA.

May 21, 2025

Indonesian state miner Antam seeks $500 million syndicated loan

It would be the country’s first syndicated dollar borrowing from a state-owned enterprise this year.