January 16, 2025 Societe Generale plans partial return to gold trading The French bank resigned as a market maker for gold at the London Bullion Market Association in 2019.
January 16, 2025 China extends coal imports lead over India to widest in more than a decade Chinese coal imports hit a record 542.7 million metric tons in 2024, customs data showed.
January 16, 2025 Greek Metlen expands alumina output to extract critical mineral gallium The company plans to launch gallium production in 2027 and eventually produce 50 tons a year.
January 16, 2025 Zambia says Saudi’s Manara interested in its copper assets Manara is reportedly closing in on a deal to buy a minority stake in First Quantum Minerals' assets in Zambia.
January 16, 2025 Maaden considers bond sale to fund expansion Miner is considering an international bond sale this year to help fund a more than $12 billion investment program.
January 16, 2025 South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege Since Monday, rescuers have used a cylindrical metal cage to pull up 78 bodies and 246 survivors.
January 16, 2025 Iron ore price hits four-week high on lower shipments, softer dollar Rio Tinto reported its lowest annual shipments in two years.
January 16, 2025 Brazil’s Cosan unloads stake in miner Vale Cosan has unloaded some 173 million shares it owned in the mining giant.
January 15, 2025 US bans imports from 37 Chinese firms over forced labor charge The Biden administration has added 37 companies from China’s mining, solar and textile sectors to its list of those banned from exporting to the US.
January 15, 2025 Vale Indonesia awards Petrosea $1 billion contract for nickel ore mining The contract will be signed in March is effective for 10 years, Vale said on Wednesday.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
