August 28, 2018 China exporting alumina again as soaring prices upend market Contracts to export over 140,000 tonnes of alumina from China were signed in July amid a favourable price arbitrage.
August 28, 2018 Chaarat Gold to buy polymetallic project as part of acquisition spree Junior continues to pursue $800-million acquisition of Centerra Gold's Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan.
August 27, 2018 KGHM to go ahead with $2bn expansion of Sierra Gorda copper mine in Chile Expansion and upgrades would extend the mine’s life by 21 years.
August 27, 2018 Scottish firm to launch UK’s first asteroid mining mission The company, which unveiled its development plans for the Asteroid Prospecting Satellite One (APS-1) last month, is hoping to raise £2.3million.
August 26, 2018 Fueling a town with waste In Benin, six tonnes of organic waste are turned into biogas every week.
August 26, 2018 The secret to safer oil & gas pipelines: graphene Only in the US, corrosion costs the oil and gas industry $1.4 billion a year.
August 24, 2018 Kremlin aide wants top firms to invest more rather than pay windfall tax Kremlin aide Andrei Belousov said on Friday he would like major Russian firms to invest in social projects rather than pay higher taxes.
August 23, 2018 World’s first autonomous and electric container vessel to launch in early 2020 About half the cost of the ship will be paid for by the Norwegian government.
August 23, 2018 Centerra, Kyrgyz Gov’t delay completion of deal over Kumtor mine Extension of the deadline, the fifth one so far this year, seeks reaching final agreement that would end long-running dispute over the country’s largest gold mine.
August 22, 2018 Chinese, Canadian-Finnish, Cypriot firms bid for Serbia copper mine China's Zijin Mining, Canadian-Finnish fund Champion and Cyprus-based U Gold have bid for a strategic partnership in RTB Bor, Serbia's only copper mine and smelter.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
