April 22, 2025

Mining billionaire Agarwal moves closer to breaking up his empire

The overhaul will allow the group to list each of its key businesses: aluminum, oil & gas, power, iron & steel, along with the publicly traded core company Vedanta.

April 22, 2025

China asks Korea not to export products using rare earths to US defense firms – reports

Beijing sent request to Korean makers of power transformers, batteries, displays, EVs and other equipments that use the key materials.

April 21, 2025

The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world

At the end of Q2 the MINING.COM TOP 50 ranking of the world’s most valuable miners had a combined market cap of just under $1.5 trillion, up a respectable $213…

April 21, 2025

Surging gold stocks lift mining’s top 50 companies above tariff chaos

World’s 50 most valuable miners are now worth $1.4 trillion, up $80 billion from end-2024 boosted by gold stocks after copper, lithium producers sold off again.

April 21, 2025

CMOC to acquire Lumina Gold in $421M deal

Lumina’s Cangrejos project is considered the largest primary gold deposit in Ecuador.

April 18, 2025

RANKED: World’s biggest copper mines

Over the next few years and decades, the biggest copper mines would play a pivotal role in the energy transition.

April 17, 2025

Indonesian nickel smelter group asks for royalty hike delay until prices rise

Later this month, Indonesia will start imposing higher royalty fees of 14% to 19% on nickel ore output.

April 17, 2025

Asian coal prices fall to fresh four-year low on trade war fears

Chinese coal production hit an all-time high last month.

April 17, 2025

Copper and the new resource spheres of control

MINING.COM and The Northern Miner mapped global copper production through a geopolitical lens, dividing the world into five “spheres of control”: American, […]

April 16, 2025

Indonesia hikes mining royalties to fund Prabowo policies

According to a government document, a flat levy of 10% on nickel ore production will be replaced with taxes varying from 14% to 19%.