January 19, 2023 Japanese thieves target Prius hybrids for platinum and palladium Palladium prices spiked shortly after the invasion of Ukraine.
January 19, 2023 American Lithium says US funding will shore up nascent industry “In the last year or so we’ve started to see things really start to move,” CEO Simon Clarke said.
January 19, 2023 Vedanta to sell overseas zinc business to India unit for $2.98 billion Vedanta has $900 million of debt due in the first half of 2023.
January 19, 2023 LME CEO says nickel reforms to be implemented ‘relatively quickly’ Trading volumes at the LME have been slowly declining primarily due to increased competition from the OTC markets.
January 19, 2023 Congo sees deal on $6bn China mining contract overhaul this year The government is in active talks with representatives of Sicomines.
January 19, 2023 Nickel market surplus narrows to 9,200 tonnes in November, INSG says During the first 11 months of the year, the global market was oversupplied by 90,700 tonnes.
January 19, 2023 China’s 2022 gold output climbs, consumption weakens The country's gold output rose 13.09% year-on-year to 372.048 tonnes.
January 18, 2023 Alcoa drops as shipments seen stagnating on shaky demand The largest US aluminum producer expects to ship between 2.5 million and 2.6 million tonnes this year.
January 18, 2023 BHP expects China to underpin commodities demand in 2023 Its view contrasts with that of Rio Tinto, which said this week that China's reopening could raise near-term risks of labour and supply-chain shortages.
January 18, 2023 Canadian watchdog renews Cameco’s licence for nuclear fuel facility in Port Hope The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission authorized raising the annual production limit to 1,650 tonnes of uranium.
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