A deadly blast at a furnace run by PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel has triggered a police investigation and a halt to the company's operations.

Fire broke out early on Sunday morning at a nickel smelter furnace on Sulawesi Island owned by Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel.

The US extended its claims on the ocean floor by an area twice the size of California.

Phase I of the Pela Ema project is expected to produce at least 5,000 tonnes per year of rare earth oxide over a 25-year mine life.

It is acquiring a 75% stake in the Adina East lithium project in the battery metals-rich James Bay region of Quebec.

India launched the first part of its critical minerals auction last month.

India is at an advanced stage of discussions with Argentina to acquire lithium blocks, according to the country's top bureaucrat in the mining ministry.

The miner is initiating the primary listing of Sigma Brazil on NASDAQ and the Singapore Exchange.