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Indonesia’s Delta Dunia eyes more deals as it completes US coal buy

The Jakarta-listed company has been diversifying beyond its home base of Indonesia where it runs its BUMA coal mining services business.

Reuters | July 2, 2024 | 5:49 am

Copper’s unicorns

Silicon Valley is littered with them. Now mining has its…

Frik Els | July 1, 2024 | 4:08 pm

Southern Copper flags progress at key Peru mine, share prices rise

Tia Maria is eventually expected to produce 120,000 metric tons…

Reuters | July 1, 2024 | 10:52 am

Hedge funds are hoarding cobalt amid battery metal slump

Cobalt futures trading has taken off on CME Group’s Comex…

Bloomberg News | July 1, 2024 | 10:03 am

Shares in China rare earth producers rise after new regulations

Beijing announced regulations aimed at protecting supplies of the strategic…

Reuters | July 1, 2024 | 9:24 am

China copper smelter margins squeezed by tight supply of raw material

The scramble to secure supply has meant Chinese smelters have had to accept a cut in treatment charges.

Reuters | January 12, 2024 | 9:04 am

Uranium price jumps to 15-year high as top miner flags shortfall

Kazatomprom said shortages of sulfuric acid and construction delays may result in missed production targets for the next two years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 12, 2024 | 5:53 am

Zijin Mining invests $97 million in Solaris Resources for a 15% stake

Solaris intends to use the funds to advance its flagship Warintza copper project in southeast Ecuador.

Staff Writer | January 11, 2024 | 10:14 am

Iron ore price rebounds on renewed hopes of China stimulus

The benchmark February iron ore on the Singapore Exchange climbed nearly 1%.

Reuters | January 11, 2024 | 10:10 am

Higher investment risk appetite boosts activity at LME by 11% in 2023

Lead got a boost from index trading after it was included in the Bloomberg Commodity Index for the first time last year.

Reuters | January 11, 2024 | 9:38 am

American Pacific shares surge on copper results from Palmer VMS project

The copper-zinc project in Alaska is held under a joint venture partnership with Japan's Dowa Metals & Mining.

Staff Writer | January 11, 2024 | 9:20 am

Saudi Arabia’s Manara Minerals fund plans metals trading arm

Manara is in talks to potentially buy a stake in Pakistan's Reko Diq mine.

Reuters | January 11, 2024 | 8:13 am

Gold Mountain plunges as Elk mine contractors demand $4.2 million in payments

The Elk gold project is located 57 kilometres from Merritt in south-central British Columbia.

Staff Writer | January 10, 2024 | 3:20 pm

Column: Myanmar’s Wa State Army keeps global tin market guessing

The tin market's fortunes remain beholden to Myanmar's United Wa State Army, which controls one of the world's largest mines.

Reuters | January 10, 2024 | 9:37 am

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