March 10, 2025

Indonesia mulls tax hikes on miners due to budgetary pressures

Indonesia is proposing hiking royalties paid by miners in a bid to bolster public finances.

March 9, 2025

Gold shines bright as biggest jewelry market boosts options bets

With the precious metal setting successive records this year, jewelers and retail traders in India are turning to options on gold futures.

March 7, 2025

Freeport Indonesia may get 1Mt copper concentrate export quota

The company's mining operation has been reduced to 40% capacity due to a rising stockpile of copper concentrate.

March 6, 2025

PDAC: Foreign seizures spotlight legal vigilance

Resource nationalism abroad is hiking costs for miners and showing how they need solid agreements and recourse avenues, lawyers said at this year's PDAC.

March 6, 2025

Indonesia issues new rule allowing mineral exports in force majeure cases

Indonesia banned exports of raw minerals in 2023 to encourage metals processing at home.

March 5, 2025

India’s small exporters seek import duty cuts to counter US steel, aluminum tariffs

The 25% US tariffs on steel and aluminum imports have raised Indian exporters' concerns about declining orders and rising costs.

March 5, 2025

US withdrawing from plan to help major polluters move from coal

Just Energy Transition Partnership, which consists of 10 donor nations, was first unveiled at the UN climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland in 2021.

March 5, 2025

Copper prices surge as Trump signals 25% tariff on imports

Trump’s comments in a speech to Congress sparked a frenetic rally in Comex copper prices.

March 4, 2025

Research breakthrough paves way for faster, cheaper hydrogen production

Japanese researchers have developed a palladium-based nanosheet catalyst that they claim could produce hydrogen at a fraction of the cost compared to existing technology.

March 4, 2025

Indonesia’s nickel boom is forcing its own smelters to shut down

Advances made by Chinese firms have seen the metal being displaced by cheaper battery chemistries.