February 20, 2025 China-backed $3 billion Indonesia nickel smelter risks shutdown PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry has slashed production and is close to shutting down completely.
February 19, 2025 TMC shares surge on high-grade alloy production The company produced high-grade nickel-copper-cobalt alloy and manganese silicate at a facility in Japan.
February 19, 2025 Column: Green steel needs incentives to work and Japan has a plan Decarbonizing steel production is one of the major challenges of the energy transition.
February 19, 2025 Mitsui to buy $5.3 billion stake in Rio Tinto iron ore project Iron ore from Rhodes Ridge will be blended into ore sold by Rio Tinto and exported to Asian countries, including Japan.
February 19, 2025 Orano looks to Mongolia as new source for uranium The company is considering expansion in several countries to diversify.
February 18, 2025 Freeport Indonesia requests copper concentrate export permit Freeport has not exported any copper concentrate since its last export permit expired at the end of 2024.
February 18, 2025 Indonesia grants small businesses access to coal, metals mines The government plans to issue technical regulations detailing the changes within six months.
February 17, 2025 BHP’s profit slump prompts dividend cut as China falters BHP cut its interim dividend to the lowest payout for the period since 2017.
February 17, 2025 Column: China’s retaliation to Trump tariffs will reshape coking coal flows, prices China's retaliatory tariffs against US energy imports is likely to be most keenly felt in the seaborne market for metallurgical coal.
February 14, 2025 Trump says he would not mind if Nippon Steel took minority stake in US Steel Nippon's $14.9 billion pursuit of US Steel has stretched on for more than a year.
Australia’s VHM scraps offtake deal with Shenghe Resources The Goschen project is VHM's flagship development, focused on extracting critical minerals such as rare earth elements and titanium. January 11, 2026 | 04:08 pm
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