As world leaders gather at the United Nations climate summit in Egypt this week, another international meeting is underway in Jamaica to decide the fate of the planet’s oceans.

The country's zero-covid approach and lockdowns have squeezed its manufacturing sector and hit demand for industrial metals.

The meeting to approve Rio Tinto acquiring 49% of shares of Turquoise Hill has now been pushed back to Nov. 15.

Local fire authorities said the two miners walked out of the underground mine that had collapsed after a landslide on Oct. 26.

The Responsible Minerals Initiative said this week that its auditing process won’t recognize the findings of the International Tin Supply Chain Initiative without companies doing extra due diligence on the source of their minerals.