October 14, 2024 Fire at Freeport Indonesia’s Gresik smelter under control, company says The $3.7 billion copper smelter was completed in June and was expected to produce first batch of output in September.
October 14, 2024 China copper imports climb 15% on seasonal demand, brighter outlook "Buying emerged in the first two weeks when prices were relatively low," He Tianyu, a copper analyst at commodity research house CRU, said.
October 14, 2024 MBK, Young Poong secure over 5% stake in Korea Zinc MBK and Young Poong had conducted a tender offer to purchase up to 14.6% of Korea Zinc shares, for an estimated price tag of up to $1.85 billion.
October 14, 2024 China’s Sept rare earth exports curbed by rising domestic demand, prices The world's largest producer of rare earths last month shipped 4,181 metric tons of the 17 minerals.
October 14, 2024 Inside China’s bid to build sway over global metals pricing China is locking in steps to shape the pricing of the vast quantities of industrial metals it produces and consumes, with moves to attract foreign firms to trade on Shanghai's…
October 12, 2024 Rio Takes step toward M&A redemption with $6.7 billion lithium bet Modest by comparison with past splurges, the all-cash deal is a significant and long-awaited expansion of Rio’s bet on lithium.
October 11, 2024 Hundreds march against Ghana’s damaging informal gold mining boom Illegal small-scale gold mining known "galamsey" in Ghana has picked up this year following an almost 30% rise in global gold prices.
October 11, 2024 Rio Tinto’s real prize: Arcadium’s lithium extraction technology Arcadium, through a predecessor company, was the first to develop an early version of a DLE technology in the 1990s.
October 11, 2024 Gold miners’ epic quarter The gold miners are on the verge of reporting another best quarter ever.
October 11, 2024 CME blocked Istim warehouse after objections from metal traders Market participants raised concerns about a controversial fee increase announced earlier this year by the warehousing company.
White House plans more ‘historic deals’ with mining sector, official says Jarrod Agen, who previously held roles at defense contractor Lockheed Martin, said Trump aims to "jumpstart" mining projects in Alaska and also in Arizona. December 15, 2025 | 08:54 am
