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.
September 19, 2024 Korea Zinc shares surge on speculation MBK to sweeten offer MBK is North Asia’s biggest private equity firm with $30 billion under management.
September 19, 2024 Saudi Arabia targets control of Alba to bolster metals ambitions Ma'aden announced a series of deals this week involving Aluminium Bahrain.
September 19, 2024 Swiss August gold exports show no supplies to China, for first time in 3-1/2 years Swiss August total gold exports fell to the lowest since June.
September 18, 2024 Coal India eyeing Argentina, Chile for critical minerals India has been exploring ways to secure supplies of lithium.
September 18, 2024 Indonesia, Britain sign collaboration agreement on critical minerals Indonesia has rich deposits of tin, copper and bauxite, among others, and is the world's largest source of nickel ore.
September 17, 2024 Global green mining market to reach $16.9 billion by 2029 — report Factors contributing to the projected growth include growing environmental legislation and regulatory pressures, BCC Research says.
EU said to allow telecoms copper switch-off delay to 2035 The move would give national governments discretion to set their own copper phase-out timelines based on local market conditions, network readiness and consumer impact. January 15, 2026 | 10:54 am
