November 2, 2022

Glencore employees moved bribes cash by private jet, London court told

Glencore paid – or failed to prevent the payment of – millions of dollars in bribes to officials in five African countries, Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) told Southwark Crown…

November 2, 2022

Miners warned commodities boom could harm environment, communities

"Pressure to approve new mines quickly could mean not enough time is allocated for consultation and impact assessment," said Helen Clark, the former New Zealand prime minister and chair of…

November 2, 2022

Polymetal’s Q3 revenue down 13% y/y

Company has not been directly targeted by Western sanctions imposed on Moscow.

November 2, 2022

UK battery startup Britishvolt secures short-term funding

Auto executives have warned that without local battery production, much of Britain's car industry could shift overseas.

November 2, 2022

BHP says Australia well placed to gain from EV metals push in US, Europe

Australia is set to benefit from the growing interest in environmentally sustainable mining , the chief of BHP Group's nickel operations said.

November 2, 2022

Diamonds trade watchdog mulls fate of Russian gems

The Kimberley Process is expected to decide this week whether Russian diamonds should be declared conflict gems.

November 2, 2022

New platinum, palladium catalyst able to deal with methane emissions for good

A new palladium and platinum catalyst is able to eliminate methane emissions from transport and other human activities.

November 1, 2022

BASF says its battery material plant will be running by year-end

The battery materials business is one of two major investment projects at BASF.

November 1, 2022

Banks bolster metals-trading desks after wild year for markets

Top banks are reinforcing their metals divisions to cash in on the volatility that’s lifted trading profits over the past three years.

November 1, 2022

Germany calls for ‘precautionary’ pause in deep-sea mining

The world's fourth-biggest economy, Germany joins countries including New Zealand and France in calling for seabed mining exploration to stop until further research is done.