September 26, 2024 Adani’s billion-dollar copper play slows amid mining shortfall Adani Enterprises is likely to start processing the first copper concentrates or ore at its plant in the western Indian state of Gujarat in November.
September 25, 2024 Global mining index soars as China, US stimulus converge The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index has gained 14% since Sept. 6 in its biggest jump this year.
September 25, 2024 US Steel confirms arbitration ruling favoring Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion buyout The arbitration board ruled that US Steel met the successorship clause conditions in its labor agreement with the United Steelworkers union.
September 24, 2024 Indonesia launches $941 million smelter-grade alumina refinery The production capacity of the refinery is 1 million metric tons of alumina per year.
September 24, 2024 Miners could lose 6.4% of spending to fraud — report Crowe's research shows implementing better fraud prevention practices could cut losses by up to 40% within 12 months.
September 23, 2024 At least 38 dead in Iran coal mine blast The accident was caused by a methane gas explosion in two blocks of a mine run by the Madanjoo company.
September 23, 2024 Indonesia President inaugurates production of Freeport Indonesia’s copper smelter The new $3.7 billion smelter has annual input capacity of 1.7 million metric tons of copper concentrate.
September 20, 2024 Nippon Steel to sell $211 million in assets to manage debt amid US Steel deal Nippon Steel plans to sell at least 30 billion yen in assets including real estate and inventories.
September 20, 2024 US to award $3 billion to 25 projects for battery manufacturing sector Move will increase domestic production of advanced batteries and battery materials to shift their production away from China.
September 19, 2024 FATF asks for tighter checks on India’s precious metal deals The South Asian nation has about 175,000 businesses in this sector, but only some 9,500 are registered.
Copper price racks up longest rally since 2017 with bulls at the helm Futures have rallied by more than 40% this year, setting up the biggest annual advance since 2009. December 30, 2025 | 09:12 am