December 18, 2024

Idemitsu to take majority stake in Australian vanadium developer Vecco

Vecco is developing the Debella project in Queensland, focusing on a vanadium mine and an electrolyte plant for vanadium flow batteries.

December 18, 2024

India’s record gold import said to be due to calculation error

Officials double-counted gold shipments in warehouses following a change in methodology in July, Bloomberg sources say.

December 18, 2024

Abaxx to launch nickel sulphate contract on January 10

The nickel sulphate contract will be priced in dollars and physically deliverable in Singapore.

December 17, 2024

Uranium spot prices to climb in ‘staircase’ pattern, Sprott forecasts

Uranium has been buoyed by growing global support for nuclear energy, with more countries pledging to triple nuclear capacity by 2050.

December 15, 2024

US foreign investment panel split on Nippon-US Steel deal

CFIUS has until Dec. 22 to make a decision on whether to approve, block or extend the timeline for the deal's review.

December 13, 2024

Column: Bleak times for copper smelters as conversion fees slump

The benchmark smelter treatment charges for next year have been set by Chilean copper miner Antofagasta and China's Jiangxi Copper.

December 13, 2024

Trafigura profit drops 62% after ‘massive problem’ in Mongolia

The Mongolia losses mean Jeremy Weir’s tenure as chief executive officer at one of the world’s largest commodity traders is ending on a sour note.

December 13, 2024

China leads world in energy transition, Wood Mackenzie says

The world’s second-largest economy leads the energy transition and is on track to source half of its power from low-carbon energy.

December 13, 2024

Iron ore posts weekly gain as investors assess fresh Beijing stimulus

Beijing pledged on Thursday to increase its budget deficit, issue more debt and loosen monetary policy.

December 12, 2024

Mining sector cyberattacks linked to third-party supplier access in 76% of cases – report

Growing challenges cybersecurity leaders faced in 2024 were in safeguarding cyber-physical systems.