LME plans to suspend nickel brand of Nornickel’s Finnish plant from Oct 3

Russia plans to speed up its only lithium production project by 3-4 years from an originally planned 2030.

The company has already sold zinc assets in Peru, and some of its smaller copper operations.

Rusal already has operations in neighboring Guinea.

Demand from global central banks for gold has been elevated for two years as they diversify their foreign currency reserves.

Rosatom said it had no plans to acquire uranium mining assets owned by Orano in Niger.

The proposed tax hikes would be offset by the abolition of export duties linked to the rouble-dollar exchange rate that were introduced in October 2023.

Rosatom has had contacts with Niger’s military-led authorities about acquiring assets held by Orano SA.

For Indonesia it's a vindication of its policy of forcing miners to move downstream by banning ore exports from 2020.

The miner expects surplus to be about 100,000 metric tons this year, down from a previous estimate of 190,000 tons.